﻿PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  WHALING, 
  1970 
  

  

  In 
  1970, 
  the 
  U.S. 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior 
  placed 
  eight 
  species 
  of 
  whales 
  on 
  the 
  endan- 
  

   gered 
  species 
  list 
  — 
  reflecting 
  a 
  mounting 
  national 
  concern 
  over 
  the 
  prediction 
  of 
  biologists 
  that 
  

   certain 
  species 
  are 
  approaching 
  extinction. 
  The 
  endangered 
  whales 
  were 
  thebowhead, 
  blue, 
  hump- 
  

   back, 
  right, 
  gray, 
  fin 
  or 
  finback, 
  sei, 
  and 
  sperm. 
  The 
  last 
  three 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  sought 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  by 
  U.S. 
  commercial 
  whalers. 
  

  

  The 
  NMFS 
  Fishery-Oceanography 
  Center 
  in 
  La 
  Jolla, 
  Calif. 
  , 
  continued 
  as 
  a 
  center 
  for 
  ce- 
  

   tacean 
  research. 
  The 
  whale 
  research 
  was 
  directed 
  toward 
  understanding 
  the 
  life 
  history, 
  popula- 
  

   tion 
  dynamics, 
  and 
  ecology 
  of 
  the 
  gray, 
  sperm, 
  and 
  other 
  whales 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  eastern 
  North 
  Pa- 
  

   cific 
  Ocean. 
  The 
  whale 
  program 
  will 
  continue 
  to 
  focus 
  on 
  the 
  gray 
  and 
  sperm 
  whales. 
  The 
  gray 
  

   whale, 
  once 
  hunted 
  almost 
  to 
  extinction, 
  is 
  now 
  protected 
  by 
  international 
  agreement. 
  During 
  its 
  

   annual 
  migration 
  to 
  its 
  calving 
  grounds 
  at 
  Scammon's 
  Lagoon 
  and 
  other 
  lagoons 
  in 
  Baja 
  California 
  , 
  

   the 
  gray 
  whale 
  passes 
  the 
  coast 
  near 
  Yankee 
  Point, 
  Calif. 
  , 
  where 
  NMFS 
  makes 
  a 
  population 
  count 
  

   each 
  year. 
  Biologists 
  estimate 
  that 
  the 
  gray 
  whale 
  population 
  is 
  now 
  about 
  11,000. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  whaling 
  season 
  the 
  Del 
  Monte 
  Fishing 
  Company 
  operated 
  a 
  whaling 
  station 
  at 
  

   Point 
  San 
  Pablo, 
  Calif. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  whaling 
  station 
  operating 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1970. 
  

   As 
  in 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  Del 
  Monte 
  Company 
  used 
  the 
  catcher 
  boats 
  Allen 
  Cody 
  , 
  Dennis 
  Gayle 
  , 
  

   and 
  Donna 
  Mae 
  . 
  A 
  special 
  scientific 
  permit 
  authorized 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  30 
  of 
  the 
  64 
  sperm 
  whales 
  

   taken. 
  These 
  30 
  whales 
  were 
  taken 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  a 
  biologist. 
  

  

  All 
  whale 
  carcasses 
  (excluding 
  the 
  meat) 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Rendering 
  Company, 
  San 
  

   Francisco, 
  Calif. 
  , 
  for 
  processing 
  into 
  meal 
  and 
  oil. 
  The 
  entire 
  catch 
  was 
  processed 
  into 
  662,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  meal, 
  680,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  oil, 
  and 
  483,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  meat 
  (for 
  use 
  as 
  canned 
  or 
  frozen 
  

   animal 
  food) 
  . 
  These 
  products 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $138, 
  000 
  to 
  the 
  producer 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  $190,000 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  NOTE:— 
  SPECIAL 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  PERMIT 
  NO. 
  1970-1 
  AUTHORIZED 
  THE 
  CAPTURE 
  OF 
  1 
  SPERM 
  WHALE 
  IN 
  JANUARY, 
  9 
  IN 
  MARCH, 
  

   6 
  IN 
  MAY, 
  1 
  IN 
  SEPTEMBER, 
  2 
  IN 
  OCTOBER, 
  8 
  IN 
  NOVEMBER, 
  AND 
  3 
  IN 
  DECEMBER. 
  

  

  WHALE 
  PRODUCTS, 
  1970 
  

  

  