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Table 7. Stomach contents of baleen whales caught by Japanese pelagic 

 catch from 1961 to 1965 in the Antarctic * (After Nemoto, 1970). 



Food Species 



Blue** 



Fin 



Whale Species 



Sei Humpback 



Minke 



Euphausiids 



Euphausiids 

 and others 



Copepods 



Amphipods 



Munida decapods 



Fish 



Squids 



Empty 



No. of whales 

 examined 



517 



4 

 2 

 6 



674 



1203 



16158 



18 



76 



18878 



35139 



5936 



4 



2472 



1514 



75 



31 



5 



16145 



26182 



88 



10 



98 



* Sei whales include 1966 season 



** Mainly subspecies Balaenoptera musculus brevicanda distributed in the 

 lower Antarctic 



