Whaling by IWC member nations in 2002-2003 and Summer 2003
Area Blue Fin Sei Bryde Sperm Minke Others TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan - - - - - 4401 - 440
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark
(Greenland)		 - 92 - - - 1992 12 209
- Iceland - - - - - 373 - 37
- Norway - - - - - 6474 - 647
- St. Vincent &
the Grenadines		 - - - - - - 15 1
North Pacific:-
- Japan - - 506 506 106 1516 - 261
- Korea - - - - - 57 - 5
- Russian Fed. - - - - - - 1318 131
- U.S.A. - - - - - - 419 41
TOTAL - 9 50 50 10 1479 174 1772
1) Special permit.
2) Aboriginal catch.
9 fin whales (including 3 struck but lost), 185 minke whales (including 7 struck but lost), 1 humpback whale (killed after being injured by rifles) in West Greenlandand.
14 minke whales (including 1 struck but lost) in East Greenland.
3) Special permit, including 1 struck and lost.
4) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium (including 9 whales struck but lost).
5) Aboriginal catch of a humpback whale.
6) Special permit, including 1 minke whale struck and lost.
7) An affair of illegal catch.
8) Aboriginal catch of 3 Bowhead whales, and 128 gray whales (including 2 struck but lost).
9) Aboriginal catch of Bowhead whales, including 6 struck and lost.



Reference:
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2002 and 2002/2003 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/55/30),
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2003 and 2003/2004 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/56/45)

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