Whaling in 2003-2004 and Summer 2004

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 2003-2004 and Summer 2004**
Area	Fin	Humpback	Sei	Bryde's	Minke	Sperm	Bowhead	Gray	Others	TOTAL	Operation
Antarctic:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	443¹	-	-	-	-	443	Special Permit
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	13²	1²	-	-	190²	-	-	-	-	204	Aboriginal subsistence
- Iceland	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	25	Special Permit
- Norway	-	-	-	-	544³	-	-	-	-	544	Whaling under Objection
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	0⁵	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	Aboriginal subsistence
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	100	51⁵	160⁵	3	-	-	-	314	Special Permit
- Korea	-	-	-	-	8⁶	-	-	-	-	8
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	111⁷	-	112	Aboriginal subsistence
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	43⁸	-	-	43	Aboriginal subsistence
TOTAL	13	1	100	51	1370	3	44	111	-	1693

1) Including 3 struck and lost.
2) 13 fin whales (including 2 struck but lost), 179 minke whales (including 4 struck but lost), 1 humpback whale which could hardly swim and had old rifle wounds in West Greenlandand.
Take of 11 minke whales was in East Greenland.
3) Including 7 struck but lost.
4) No catch in 2004.
5) Including 1 minke whale and 1 Bryde's whale struck and lost.
6) 8 minke whales were delibeately killed (see IWC/57/Rep 4 for details).
7) Including 1 struck and lost.
8) Including 7 struck and lost.

Reference:
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2003 and 2003/2004 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/56/45),
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2004 and 2004/2005 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/57/28)