Whaling in 2003-2004 and Summer 2004

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 2003-2004 and Summer 2004**
Area	Blue	Fin	Sei	Bryde	Sperm	Minke	Others	TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	-	443¹	-	443
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	-	13²	-	-	-	190²	1²	204
- Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	25³	-	25
- Norway	-	-	-	-	-	544⁴	-	544
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	-	0⁵	0
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	100⁶	51⁶	3⁶	160⁶	-	314
- Korea	-	-	-	-	-	8⁷	-	8
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	112⁸	112
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	43⁹	43
TOTAL	-	13	100	51	3	1370	156	1693

1) Special permit, including 3 struck and lost.
2) Aboriginal catch.
13 fin whales (including 2 struck but lost), 179 minke whales (including 4 struck but lost), 1 humpback whale which could hardly swim and had old rifle wounds in West Greenlandand.
11 minke whales in East Greenland.
3) Special permit.
4) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium (including 7 whales struck but lost).
5) No aboriginal catch in 2004.
6) Special permit, including 1 minke whale and 1 Bryde's whale struck and lost.
7) 8 minke whales were delibeately killed (see IWC/57/Rep 4).
8) Aboriginal catch of 1 Bowhead whale, and 111 gray whales (including 1 struck and lost).
9) Aboriginal catch of Bowhead whales, including 7 struck and lost.

Reference:
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2003 and 2003/2004 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/56/45),
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2004 and 2004/2005 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/57/28)