Source: "Marine Hunters: Whaling and Sealing in the North Atlantic," published by the High North Alliance, 1997.

Long-finned Pilot Whale
(Globicephala melas)

Distribution: Temperate and sub-Arctic waters of the North Atlantic.

Population and Catches: A 1989 survey covering most of the species' range in the eastern North Atlanticgave an estimate of 778,000. Hunted regularly in the Faroes and to a lesser extent also in Greenland. Records dating back to 1584 show a long-term average annual catch in the Faroes of about 850.

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