Scientific Uncertainty and the Politics of Whaling

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APPENDIX 189 TABLE 1. Antarctic pelagic whaling (1945–78) quotas, seasons, catches, and fleets (not including revisions for falsified Soviet catch data) Pelagic Total quota Average catch Antarctic of BWU Total catch of BWU catch Floating season set by IWC of BWU per catcher day factories Catchers 1945–46 16,000 7,310.0 0.89 9 77 1946–47 16,000 15,304.2 1.06 15 129 1947–48 16,000 16,364.3 0.92 17 162 1948–49 16,000 16,007.4 0.84 18 191 1949–50 16,000 16,062.1 0.88 18 216 1950–51 16,000 16,416.2 0.86 19 239 1951–52 16,000 16,007.7 0.94 19 263 1952–53 16,000 14,866.6 0.86 16 230 1953–54 15,500 15,456.4 0.98 17 206 1954–55 15,500 15,323.5 0.91 19 233 1955–56 15,000 14,874.3 0.99 19 257 1956–57 14,500 14,745.2 0.95 20 225 1957–58 14,500 14,850.9 0.90 20 237 1958–59 15,000 15,300.8 0.94 20 235 1959–60 17,500 a 15,511.7 0.73 20 220 1960–61 17,780 a 16,433.5 0.68 21 252 1961–62 17,780 a 15,252.6 0.51 21 261 1962–63 15,000 11,306.1 0.50 17 201 1963–64 10,000 8,429.0 0.41 15 180 1964–65 8,000 a 6,986.1 0.40 15 172 1965–66 4,500 4,090.9 0.31 10 128 1966–67 3,500 3,511.8 0.30 9 120 TABLE 1. (continued) Pelagic Total quota Average catch Antarctic of BWU Total catch of BWU catch Floating season set by IWC of BWU per catcher day factories Catchers 1967–68 3,200 2,803.7 0.29 8 97 1968–69 3,200 2,472.6 0.30 6 84 1969–70 2,700 2,477.2 0.30 6 84 1970–71 2,700 2,470.5 0.30 6 86 1971–72 2,300 2,250.8 b 6 84 1972–73 1,808 1,524.5 c 6 78 1973–74 1,475 1,376.0 d 6 75 1974–75 1,167 e 1,132.7 e 6 72 1975–76 482 f 406.5 f 5 56 1976–77 310 g 310.0g 4 43 1977–78 128.5 h 95.0 h 3 34 1978–79 —i —i 3 31 source: J. N. Tonnessen and A. O. Johnsen, The History of Modern Whaling (Berleley: University of California Press, 1982), 749–50. Adapted with permission of University of California Press. notes: a Seasons where no Antarctic quota was set by the IWC. Figures shown represent the totals of the individual limits agreed to by each Antarctic whaling nation for the season indicated; b Including 3,021 minke whales; c Including 5,745 minke whales; d Including 7,713 minke whales; e Including 7,000 minke whales; f Including 6,034 minke whales; g Sei whales only (1,858) converted to BWU; h Sei whales only (771) converted to BWU, plus 5,690 minke whales; i Only minke whales (5,446) were allowed to be caught. 190 APPENDIX TABLE 2. Average prices of baleen whale oil (1900–77) source: J. N. Tønnessen and A. O. Johnsen, The History of Modern Whaling (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982), p. 753. Adapted with permission of University of California Press. notes: The figures are the middle-prices of the highest and lowest annual sale. Price per long ton = 1,016 kg = 6 barrels. From 1920 (et seq.): the price is that of the Antarctic production of the previous season. APPENDIX 191 192 APPENDIX TABLE 3. Catches of whales in the Antarctic (1919–20 to 1976–77) (not including revisions for falsified Soviet catch data) Year Blue Fin Humpback Sei-Bryde’s Minke Sperm Others Total 1919–20 1,874 3,213 261 71 — 8 14 5,441 1920–21 2,617 5,491 260 36 — 31 13 8,448 1921–22 4,416 2,492 9 103 — 3 — 7,023 1922–23 5,683 3,677 517 10 — 23 — 9,910 1923–24 3,732 3,035 233 193 — 66 12 7,271 1924–25 5,103 4,366 359 1 — 59 — 10...