Whaling in 1999-2000 and Summer 2000

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 1999-2000 and summer 2000**
Area	Fin	Humpback	Sei	Bryde's	Minke	Sperm	Bowhead	Gray	Others	TOTAL	Operation
Antarctic:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	439	-	-	-	-	439	Special Permit
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	7¹	-	-	-	155¹	-	-	-	-	162	Aboriginal subsistence
- Norway	-	-	-	-	487	-	-	-	-	487	Whaling under Objection
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	2	-	1²	-	-	-	-	-	3	Aboriginal subsistence
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	-	43	40	5	-	-	-	88	Special Permit
- Korea	-	-	-	-	2³	-	-	-	-	2
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	115⁴	-	116	Aboriginal subsistence
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	47⁵	-	-	47	Aboriginal subsistence
TOTAL	7	2	-	44	1123	5	48	115	-	1344

1) 7 fin whales (including 1 struck but lost), 145 minke whales in West Greenland (including 3 struck but lost).
Take of 10 minke whales was in East Greenland.
2) Catch of a Bryde's whale by fishermen who did not know taking of this species was prohibited.
3) An accident of illegal direct catch.
4) Including 2 struck and lost.
5) Including 12 struck and lost.

Reference:
International Whaling Commission Report 1999-2000,
Secretary's Report for the Year 2000-2001 (Draft)