Whaling by IWC member nations in 1996-97 and summer 1997
Area Blue Fin Sei Bryde Sperm Minke Others TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan - - - - - 4401 - 440
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark
(Greenland)		 - 132 - - - 1622 - 175
- Norway - - - - - 5033 - 503
- St. Vincent &
the Grenadines		 - - - - - - 24 2
North Pacific:-
- Japan - - - - - 1005 - 100
- Russian Fed. - - - - - - 796 79
- U.S.A. - - - - - - 667 66
TOTAL - 13 - - - 1205 147 1365
1) Special permit.
2) Aboriginal catch, 1 fin whale and 4 minke whales struck but lost.
3) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium.
4) Aboriginal catch of humpback whales.
5) Special permit.
6) Aboriginal catch of gray whales.
7) Bowhead whales, of which 18 struck and lost. Aboriginal catch.



Reference:
International Whaling Commission Report 1996-97,
International Whaling Commission Report 1997-98

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