Whaling in 1999-2000 and Summer 2000

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 1999-2000 and summer 2000**
Area	Blue	Fin	Sei	Bryde	Sperm	Minke	Others	TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	-	439¹	-	439
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	-	7²	-	-	-	155²	-	162
- Norway	-	-	-	-	-	487³	-	487
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	-	-	1⁴	-	-	2⁴	3
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	-	43⁵	5⁵	40⁵	-	88
- Korea	-	-	-	-	-	2⁶	-	2
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	116⁷	116
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	47⁸	47
TOTAL	-	7	-	44	5	1123	165	1344

1) Special permit.
2) Aboriginal catch.
7 fin whales (including 1 struck but lost), 145 minke whales in West Greenland (including 3 struck but lost).
10 minke whales in East Greenland.
3) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium.
4) Aboriginal catch of 2 humpback whales, and catch of a Bryde's whale by fishermen who did not know taking of this species was prohibited.
5) Special permit.
6) An accident of illegal direct catch.
7) Aboriginal catch of 1 Bowhead whale, and 115 gray whales (including 2 struck and lost).
8) Aboriginal catch of Bowhead whales, including 12 struck and lost.

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