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Brazil. Whaling took place from 19 10 to 191 5. A land station was at work at Cabe- 

 dello, north of Pernambuco, and in some years factory ships operated from Bahia. The 

 land station also operated in 1916, 1917 and 1918. In those years for which returns are 

 available almost nothing but Humpbacks was taken. (See International Whaling 

 Statistics, no. II, p. 30.) 



Angola. From 1910 to 1916 land stations and factory ships were at work and opera- 

 tions were based on Lobito Bay, Elephant Bay, Mossamedes, Port Alexandra, and Tiger 

 Bay. In the six years 1923-8 whaling was conducted on a small scale at Elephant Bay 

 from 1923 to 1925 and at Mossamedes from 1926 to 1928. No whaling appears to have 

 taken place since then. In the earlier years the catch again consisted almost entirely of 

 Humpbacks, but it is noteworthy that from 1923 to 1928 this species became very 

 scarce in the catches, and the majority of whales taken were Blue, Fin and Sei. (See 

 International Whaling Statistics, no. 11, p. 30.) 



East Africa. From 1910 to 191 5 land stations and factory ships operated from 

 Mozambique (Linga-Linga), Quelimane, and Angoche, and off the west coast of 

 Madagascar in the Mozambique Channel. A land station also worked in 1923. The 

 catches were almost exclusively Humpbacks. (See International Whaling Statistics, 

 no. 11, p. 28.) 



West Australia. Whaling was begun at Sharks Bay in 1912, and in 1913 two factories 

 worked at Norwegian Bay near Point Cloates. The statistics for these two years include 

 some whales also taken on the east coast of Australia. From 19 14 to 191 6 operations 

 were continued at Norwegian bay, and a land station worked at Albany in 191 5 and a 

 factory ship worked northwards from the same place in 19 16. From 1925 to 1928 there 

 was a shore station at Norwegian Bay, and in 1936 and 1937 two factory ships worked 

 between 112-114 E and 21-24 S. In 1938 one factory ship worked in the same area. 

 All the catches consisted almost entirely of Humpbacks. The International Statistics 

 (no. 11, p. 35) include 283 Sperm whales taken in 1912, but it appears that these were 

 caught after the normal winter season by a factory which moved south to Frenchman's 

 Bay and hunted Sperm whales during the ensuing summer (October to May). (See also 

 International Whaling Statistics, no. xm, p. 11.) 



Madagascar. In 1937 and 1938 a factory ship worked off the south coast of Madagascar 

 catching large numbers of Humpbacks and little else. This appears to have been at about 

 25 S, 44 E near the Star Bank. (See International Whaling Statistics, no. xm, p. 8.) 



New Zealand and East Australia. Modern whaling has been conducted only on a very 

 small scale on the eastern side of Australia, and particulars of the catches are not given 

 in the International Statistics. Ommanney (1933) describes the two small New Zealand 

 stations at Whangamumu, Bay of Islands, and Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound; 

 Oliver (1922, p. 132) mentions another at Kaikoura, and Dakin (1934) mentions a little 

 whaling carried on at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, in 191 2 and 191 3. These stations 

 again are dependent on Humpbacks. In the years preceding the war of 1914-18 several 

 factory ships visited east Australian waters but had no success, and Ommanney (p. 247) 

 concludes that whales must be relatively scarce there. 



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