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1. Records of nhale produotdon date from 1910, when 96? whales, having an estimatsd weight of 53,720 

 tons, wore reported taken in Japanese waters. In the following year, oroductlon records for colonial areas 

 started. Since that tine the production statistics for all whaling operations are complete (Table 10 and 

 Figure 5). 



2. The catch in Japanese hone waters has fluctuated between 39,000 and 100,000 metric tons over a 

 period of many years. Average annual production for I9IO-I15 Is about ^,000 metric tons. 



3. The colonial catch, from whaling operations off Korea, Formosa, Karafuto, and the Kwantung Penin- 

 sula, ranged from 5.000 to 2U,000 metric tons prior to 191*5. with the production level sorrfiwhat hi^er before 

 1930 than later. The major part of the colonial catch was always from Korean waters. 



h. In 195^-35 Japan entered Antarctic whaling operations using factory vessels. Production from these 

 operations reached a peak of 700,000 tons in I9U0-UI Ij/. In this year Then Japan's production of whales 

 was 827,000 tons, the Antarctic operations accounted for about 85 percent of the total. 



5. During I9U0 and 19U1 Japan also operated whaling factory ships off the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, 

 and in the Bering Sea. In 19L0 they extended these northen* operations into the Arctic Oeean. The oro- 

 duction from this region averaged U3.50O tons annually. 



6. Production since 19l*0 has been small, as operatlcais hav« been confined to whaling off Jaoan Prooer 

 and colonies. During World War II the six large factory vessels formerly used in both the Antarctic and 

 northern whaling were destroyed, as were many of the catcher boats used in conjunction with the factory 

 vassela . 



7. FroB December 191)6 until Uarch 19L7 two whaling fleets containing factory vessels (converted oil 

 tankers), catcher boats, and refrigeration ships, operated In the Antarctic under the direction of Supreme 

 CcBniander for the Allied Powers. These operations produced 1,175 whales or a landed weight of 82,250 

 metric tons lit/. 



13/ Shown in the accompanying statistics as 191*0. The production is really divided between two calendar 

 years as the Antarctic season lasts fron November to Uarch. In this report each season's catch Is 

 credited to the year in which operations started, 



jJf/ This expedition, as well as the expedition for I9I47-U8, authorized under the supervision of Natural 

 Resources Section, Supreme Commander for the Allied Porers, was permitted in order to provide food 

 needed in Japan and oil for both Japan and other countries, and does not establish a precedent for 

 future operations. Wiether Japan will bo permitted to pursue whaling in the Antarctic, the northern 

 waters, or other areas In the future awaits intemational settlement. 



TABLE 10- JAPANESE WHALE PRODUCTION Q/ 

 (mtlrie Ion*) 



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Production Is considsreti to b« the nunber of whales tines tho 

 average weight, based on the following conversion flguresi 

 one whals In Antarctic and no^t^e^^ regions equals 70 tons* 

 one whale in watoro of Japan Propsr and colonies enuala i|0 

 tens. (See Introduction for baals of conversions) 

 Each Antarctic lAallnp aeason (Nov-Har) \3 divided between two 

 calendar vearo. The oroduction hero has been recorded for Uta 

 year In which the operatlofis hegan, 1 e the 195J(-35 production 

 here Is recorded for 195U. the 19?'^-56 oroductlon la recorded 

 for 1959. etc. 



Whaling 1r. watera of Jaoan Pro ■<*»r and colonies Include.** only 

 thn catch of whalos hy registered, whaling vessels. Whales 

 caught by jfraller non-rep;l3tered vessels and also mink whal-n* 

 dolr'htns, nr porpols*»3 are included in tJ-e production data 

 for fish. 

 Ko dflU available 

 Incorplets data 



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