Whaling in 1997-98 and Summer 1998

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 1997-98 and summer 1998**
Area	Blue	Fin	Sei	Bryde	Sperm	Minke	Others	TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	-	438¹	-	438
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	-	11²	-	-	-	176²	-	187
- Norway	-	-	-	-	-	625³	-	625
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	-	2⁴	2
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	-	1⁵	-	100⁵	-	101
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	126⁶	126
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	54⁷	54
TOTAL	-	11	-	1	-	1339	182	1533

1) Special permit.
2) Aboriginal catch, 2 fin whales and 3 minke whales struck but lost.
3) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium. Includes 11 lost.
4) Aboriginal catch of humpback whales.
5) Special permit. Plus 1 Bryde's whale caught through mis-identification.
6) Aboriginal catch of one bowhead and 125 gray whales, including 3 gray whales struck and lost, 1 definitely died.
7) Bowhead whales, of which 12 struck and lost, and 1 killed but abandoned. Aboriginal catch.

Reference:
International Whaling Commission Report 1997-98,
International Whaling Commission Report 1998-99