Whaling by IWC member nations in 2001-2002 and Summer 2002
Area Blue Fin Sei Bryde Sperm Minke Others TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan - - - - - 4401 - 440
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark
(Greenland)		 - 132 - - - 1492 22 164
- Norway - - - - - 6343 - 634
- St. Vincent &
the Grenadines		 - - - - - - 24 2
North Pacific:-
- Japan - - 395 505 55 1505 - 244
- Korea - - - - - 16 - 1
- Russian Fed. - - - - - - 1347 134
- U.S.A. - - - - - - 508 50
TOTAL - 13 39 50 5 1374 188 1669
1) Special permit.
2) Aboriginal catch.
13 fin whales, 139 minke whales (including 5 struck but lost), 2 humpback whales (killed after being injured by rifles) in West Greenlandand.
10 minke whales in East Greenland.
3) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium (including 9 whales struck but lost).
4) Aboriginal catch of humpback whales.
5) Special permit.
6) Illegal catch by small harpoon.
7) Aboriginal catch of 3 Bowhead whales (including one struck and lost), and 131 gray whales.
8) Aboriginal catch of Bowhead whales, including 11 struck and lost.



Reference:
Secretary's Report for the Year 2001-2002 (Draft),
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2002 and 2002/2003 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/55/30)

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