TABLE 32 
Japanese Whaling Operations 
Tear 
Japan Proper 
Coloilial Waters 
No 
. of whales 
Value 
No. 
of whales Value 
caught 
(* 1000) 
caught 
(¥ 1000) 
1934 
1,156 
1,142 
202 
434 
1935 
1,356 
1,991 
123 
490 
1936 
1,598 
2,467 
173 
647 
1937 
1,641 
2,578 
173 
754 
1938 
1,814 
3,397 
236 
895 
1939 
1,790 
3,873 
189 
1,118 
1940 
2,153 
5,068 
145 
1,047 
Antarctic Ocean 
Year */ 
Mother 
Tender 
Crews No. of whales 
Value of Manufacture 
Ships 
Ships 
caught 
(* 1000 ) 
1934 
mm 
487 5/ 
1935 
1 
3 
213 
213 
1936 
1 
5 
343 
639 
2,263 V 
1937 
2 
13 
766 
1,965 
8,727 V 
1938 
4 
31 
1,796 
5,565 
14,456 5/ 
1939 
6 
49 
2,794 
7,540 
21,786 
1940 
n.a. 
n.a. 
n.a. 
n.a. 
n.a. 
Source! Official Japanese statistics from several sources. 1940 figures 
from To.vo Keizai Kenkan , 1943. 
n.a. - not available, 
bJ Tear ending March 31st, 
2 J Estimate, 
- 108 - 
f8<-03t P133 
