--- Catch statistics for marine mammals in the North Atlantic ---

 

Whales caught in Norwegian waters by Norwegians 1939-2000

 

The table shows number of individuals of each species caught each year

Year

 Total caught whales Killer whales Lon-finned pilot whales Northern bottlenose whales Minke whales
1939 1 012       1 012
1940 0       0
1941 0 14   21 35
1942 0 57 8 9 74
1943 0 12 8 34 54
1944 0 29 5 40 74
1945 0 12 12 22 46
1946 1937 32 1 20 1 884
1947 2716 29 7 108 2 572
1948 3606 38 0 61 3 507
1949 4178 34 4 221 3 919
1950 2055 12 10 48 1 985
1951 2854 24 8 77 2 745
1952 3398 13 2 17 3 366
1953 2492 9 1 49 2 433
1954 3517 13 0 70 3 434
1955 4491 26 13 124 4 328
1956 3966 40 1 267 3 658
1957 3935 48 80 163 3 644
1958 4741 39 216 145 4 341
1959 3478 69 224 94 3 091
1960 4035 82 331 193 3 429
1961 3712 111 294 87 3 220
1962 3774 124 43 321 3 286
1963 3661 90 71 267 3 233
1964 3170 77 54 307 2 732
1965 3295 104 32 695 2 464
1966 2993 162 339 340 2 152
1967 2592 36 117 264 2 175
1968 3234 86 31 384 2 733
1969 3134 231 27 485 2 391
1970 3131 246 43 95 2 747
1971 2600 57 0 213 2 330
1972 2695 28 0 17 2 650
1973 2059 1 0 3 2 055
1974 1827 6 1   1 820
1975 1790 2     1 788
1976 2146       2 146
1977 1779       1 779
1978 1606       1 606
1979 2201       2 201
1980 2054       2 054
1981 1890       1 890
1982 1963       1 963
1983 1869       1 869
1984 804       804
1985 771       771
1986 383       383
1987 375       375
1988 29       29
1989 17       17
1990 5       5
1991 0       0
1992 92       92
1993 217       217
1994 273       273
1995 217       217
1996 388       388
1997 503       503
1998 625       625
1999 589       589
2000 487       487

 

Source: NAMMCO and Statistisk sentralbyrå, Norway. 

 

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