Whaling in 1965-66 and summer 1966
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 218 - 4 17 - 239
Antarctic, pelagic 1 2,318 1 17,583 4,538 - 24,441
Africa:-
- Natal 4 199 - 273 2,435 41 2,915
- Cape Province - 32 - 417 684 1001 1,233
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - - - 72 24 - 96
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 297 - 297
- Madeira - - - - 113 - 113
- Spain - - - - 203 802 283
- Norway - 54 - 1 36 - 91
- Faroe Islands - 4 - - 1 - 5
- Iceland - 310 - 41 86 - 437
- Newfoundland - 164 - - 2 - 166
- Nova Scotia 1 263 - 8 - - 272
Pacific (north):-
- California - 42 - 60 65 543 221
- British Columbia - 134 - 354 229 - 717
- North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic
- 1,266 - 2,208 3,000 - 6,474
- Kamtchatka, pelagic - 1,347 - 1,545 9,476 - 12,368
- Japan - 104 - 291 2,101 201 2,516
Peru 109 343 51 - 862 - 1,365
Chile 128 84 7 210 669 14 1,099
Australia - - - - 606 - 606
South Atlantic, pelagic5 - - - - 334 - 334
Indian Ocean, pelagic5 - - - - 1,440 31 1,443
South Pacific, pelagic5 - - - - 160 - 160
TOTAL 243 6,882 59 23,067 27,378 262 57,891
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) 52 Grey whales and 2 Bryde whales.
4) Right whale.
5) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40° South Lat.).



Whaling results for the various countries: 1965-66 and summer 1966
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Australia - - - - 606 - 606
Brazil - - - 74 24 - 96
Canada 1 561 - 362 231 - 1,155
Chile 128 84 7 210 669 11 1,099
Denmark - 4 - - 1 - 5
Iceland - 310 - 41 86 - 437
Japan - 2,498 - 13,813 5,525 202 21,856
Norway 1 489 1 3,663 743 - 4,897
Peru 109 343 51 - 862 - 1,365
Portugal - - - - 410 - 410
South Africa 4 231 - 690 3,119 1042 4,148
Spain - - - - 203 803 283
U.S.A. - 42 - 60 65 544 221
U.S.S.R. - 2,320 - 4,156 14,834 32 21,313
TOTAL 243 6,882 59 23,067 27,378 262 57,891
1) Right whale.
2) Bryde whales.
3) Baleen whales, not specified.
4) 52 Grey whales and 2 Bryde whales.



Norwegian Whaling: 1965-66 and summer 1966
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 1 435 1 3,662 652 - 4,751
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 55 - 55
Norway - 54 - 1 36 - 91
TOTAL 1 489 1 3,663 743 - 4,897
1) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40° South Lat.).



Whaling of Japan: 1965-66 and summer 1966
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 218 - 4 17 - 239
Antarctic, pelagic - 910 - 11,310 264 - 12,484
Indian Ocean, pelagic2 - - - - 143 - 143
North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic
- 1,266 - 2,208 3,000 - 6,474
Japan - 104 - 291 2,101 201 2,516
TOTAL - 2,498 - 13,813 5,525 20 21,856
1) Bryde whales.
2) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40° South Lat.).



Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1965-66 and summer 1966
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 973 - 2,611 3,622 - 7,206
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 279 - 279
Indian Ocean, pelagic1 - - - - 1,297 3 1,300
South Pacific, pelagic1 - - - - 160 - 160
Kamtchatka, pelagic - 1,347 - 1,545 9,476 - 12,368
TOTAL - 2,320 - 4,156 14,834 3 21,313
1) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40° South Lat.).



Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - LIX", Oslo, 1967

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