Whaling in 2004-2005 and Summer 2005

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 2004-2005 and Summer 2005**
Area	Blue	Fin	Sei	Bryde	Sperm	Minke	Others	TOTAL
Southern Hemisphere:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	-	441¹	-	441
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	-	13²	-	-	-	180²	-	193
- Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	39³	-	39
- Norway	-	-	-	-	-	639⁴	-	639
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	-	-	1⁵	-	-	1⁵	2
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	100⁶	50⁶	5⁶	222⁶	-	377
- Korea	-	-	-	-	-	3⁷	-	3
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	126⁸	126
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	68⁹	68
TOTAL	-	13	100	51	5	1524	195	1888

1) Special permit, including 1 struck and lost.
2) Aboriginal catch.
13 fin whales (including 1 struck but lost), 176 minke whales (including 3 struck but lost) in West Greenland.
4 minke whales in East Greenland.
3) Special permit, including 5 struck and lost.
4) Commercial operation based on legitimate objection to the moratorium (including 6 whales struck but lost).
5) Aboriginal catch of 1 humpback whale, and illegal catch of 1 Bryde's whale.
6) Special permit, including 2 minke whales struck and lost.
7) Illegal catch of 3 minke whales.
8) Aboriginal catch of 2 Bowhead whales, and 124 gray whales (including 9 struck and lost).
9) Aboriginal catch of Bowhead whales, including 13 struck and lost.

Reference:
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2004 and 2004/2005 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (IWC/57/28),
Catches by IWC member nations in the 2005 and 2005/2006 seasons. Prepared by the Secretariat (Annex I of Chair's Report of the 58th Annual Meeting)