Whaling in 1967-68 and summer 1968
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 2,155 - 10,357 2,568 - 15,080
Africa:-
- Natal - 62 - 24 1,211 41 1,301
- Cape Province - - - - - - -
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - - - 64 39 - 103
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 71 - 71
- Madeira - - - - 78 - 78
- Spain - - - - 267 922 359
- Norway - 76 - - 1 - 77
- Faroe Islands - 6 - - 6 - 12
- Iceland - 202 - 3 75 - 280
- Newfoundland - 438 - 4 - - 442
- Nova Scotia - 262 - 100 - - 362
- Greenland - - - - - - -
Pacific (north):-
- California - 38 - 14 84 663 202
- North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic		 - 729 - 3,819 3,000 - 7,548
- Kamtchatka, pelagic - 1,064 - 1,105 9,542 - 11,711
- Japan - 53 - 806 3,747 1734 4,779
Chile5 - - - - - - -
Peru - 183 2 664 1,613 - 2,462
Australia - - - - 658 - 658
South Atlantic, pelagic6 - - - - 655 - 655
Indian Ocean, pelagic6 - - - - 465 - 465
TOTAL - 5,268 2 16,960 24,080 335 46,645
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Grey whales.
4) 171 Bryde whales and 2 right whales.
5) No information received from one company.
6) 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: 1967-68 and summer 1968
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Australia - - - - 658 - 658
Brazil - - - 64 39 - 103
Canada - 700 - 104 - - 804
Chile5 - - - - - - -
Denmark - 6 - - 6 - 12
Iceland - 202 - 3 75 - 280
Japan - 1,395 - 11,744 6,851 1731 20,163
Norway - 436 - 672 75 - 1,183
Peru - 183 2 664 1,613 - 2,462
Portugal - - - - 149 - 149
South Africa - 62 - 24 1,211 42 1,301
Spain - - - - 267 923 359
U.S.A. - 38 - 14 84 664 202
U.S.S.R. - 2,246 - 3,671 13,052 - 18,969
TOTAL - 5,268 2 16,960 24,080 335 46,645
1) 171 Bryde whales and 2 right whales.
2) Bryde whales.
3) Baleen whales not specified.
4) Grey whales.
5) No information received from one company.



Norwegian Whaling: 1967-68 and summer 1968
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 360 - 672 74 - 1,106
Norway - 76 - - 1 - 77
TOTAL - 436 - 672 75 - 1,183



Whaling of Japan: 1967-68 and summer 1968
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 613 - 7,119 104 - 7,836
North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic		 - 729 - 3,819 3,000 - 7,548
Japan - 53 - 806 3,747 1731 4,779
TOTAL - 1,395 - 11,744 6,851 173 20,163
1) 171 Bryde whales and 2 right whales.



Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1967-68 and summer 1968
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 1,182 - 2,566 2,390 - 6,138
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 655 - 655
Indian Ocean, pelagic1 - - - - 465 - 465
Kamtchatka, pelagic - 1,064 - 1,105 9,542 - 11,711
TOTAL - 2,246 - 3,671 13,052 - 18,969
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 - LXIII", Oslo, 1970

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