TABLE 36 
Japanese Coastal Whaling, 1937 and 1938 
1937 
1938 
Number Value 
Number Value 
(* 1000) 
(¥ 1000) 
Whales Caught in Home Waters 
Sperm 
1,208 
1,950 
1,058 
1,974 
Sei 
445 
840 
551 
1,069 
Fin 
92 
332 
125 
556 
Humpback 
57 
205 
49 
220 
Blue 
7 
49 
5 
40 
Bight 
5 
a 
2 
13 
Total 
1,814 
3,397 
1,790 
3,872 
Whales Caught in Colonial 
Waters 
Fin 
210 
807 
170 
1,046 
Humpback 
16 
44 
18 
71 
Blue 
5 
28 
- 
- 
Sperm 
5 
15 
- 
- 
Sei 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Total 
236 
895 
189 
1,118 
Source: Far East Yearbook. 1940. 
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16-031 P139 bu 
