TABLE 34 
Japanese Whaling in 1937-38 and Sujfrmer of 1938 
Antarctic 
Coast of Japan 
Total 
and Korea 
Species of whales caught: 
Blue 
2,397 
4 
2,401 
Win 
2,709 
293 
3,002 
Humpback 
475 
60 
535 
Sei 
- 
553 
553 
Sperm 
1 
785 
786 
Others 
- 
275 y 
275 
Total 
5,582 */ 
1,970 
7,552 
Oil Production (barrels)^ 
338,683 */ 
33,353 
422,036 
Shore stations 
- 
21 
21 
floating factories 
4 
- 
4 
Catcher boats 
30 
25 
55 
Sources International Whaling Statistics, XIII. Oslo, 1939. 
a/ These figures differ slightly from the official Japanese 
figures (Table 32). 
b/ Two right whales and different kinds of small whales. 
cj A barrel equals l/6 ton. 
d/ This is the last year for which full data are available. 
According to Japanese sources 1938-39 Antarctic production 
amounted to 7,540 whales and 483,774 barrels of oil. 
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16-031 P 136 
