| CRD 03-12 Appendix
to Reeves and Smith 2003. A taxonomy of world whaling: operations,
eras, and data sources. Santa Cruz, CA.
Table. Details
for 123 Operations according to Era, giving the Operation sequence
number, location and people group involved (Who/Where), Mode
(Shore, Coastal or Pelagic), Year Started and Ended, Principal
and Supplemental Species, and ocean Basins. Species names and
ocean basins are abbreviated (Bl=blue, Fi=Fin, Sp=sperm, Hb=humpback,
Se=sei, Br=Bryde’s, Gr=gray, Mi=minke, Bh=bowhead,Ri=right, and
Ot=others; Ar=Arctic, Na=North Atlantic, Sa=South Atlantic, Np=North
Pacific, Sp=South Pacific, Io=Indian, and An=Antarctic). Unk
denotes unknown. |
Era |
Oper-
ation |
Who/Where |
Mode |
Year |
Species |
Basins |
| Start |
End |
Principal |
Supplemental |
| Prehistoric |
1 |
Arabia |
Shore |
850 |
Unk |
|
|
Io |
| 2 |
Chile |
Shore |
1600 |
1800 |
|
|
Sa,Sp |
| 3 |
Norway |
Shore |
900 |
1730 |
|
|
Na |
| 4 |
Zanzibar |
Shore |
Antiquity |
Unk |
Sp |
|
Io |
| Poison |
5 |
Iceland |
Shore |
1600s |
Unk |
|
|
Na |
| 6 |
North Pacific |
Shore |
Antiquity |
Unk |
Fi,Hb,Gr |
Mi,Ri |
Np |
| 7 |
Norway |
Shore |
1600s |
1900 |
Mi |
|
Na |
| Net |
8 |
Japan |
Shore |
1674 |
1901 |
Fi,Hb,Br,Gr,Ri |
Mi |
Np |
| 9 |
Kamchatka |
Coastal |
1700s |
Unk |
Gr |
|
Np |
| 10 |
New Zealand |
Shore |
1890 |
1910 |
Hb |
|
Sp |
| Arctic
Aboriginal |
11 |
Alaskan Arctic |
Shore |
Antiquity |
2003 |
Bh,Ot |
Gr,Mi |
Ar |
| 12 |
Canadian Arctic |
Shore |
Antiquity |
2003 |
Bh,Ot |
|
Ar |
| 13 |
Greenland Arctic |
Shore |
Antiquity |
1920s |
Hb,Bh,Ot |
|
Ar |
| 14 |
Siberian Arctic |
Shore |
Antiquity |
2003 |
Gr,Bh,Ot |
Hb |
Ar |
| Temperate
Aboriginal |
15 |
Japan |
Shore |
900 |
1880s |
Fi,Hb,Gr,Ri,Ot |
|
Np |
| 16 |
North Pacific |
Shore |
1500 |
1999 |
Hb,Gr |
Bh,Ri |
Np |
| Tropical
Aboriginal |
17 |
Florida |
Shore |
Antiquity |
Unk |
Ri |
|
Na |
| 18 |
Indonesia |
Shore |
1600s |
2003 |
Sp |
Ot |
Io |
| 19 |
Madagascar |
Shore |
Unk |
Unk |
|
|
Io |
| 20 |
Philippines |
Shore |
1800s |
1996 |
Br |
|
Sp |
| Basque
Shore |
21 |
Basque |
Shore |
1059 |
1688 |
Sp,Bh,Ri |
|
Ar,Na |
| 22 |
Brazil |
Shore |
1603 |
1973 |
Sp,Hb,Ri |
|
Sa |
| 23 |
Canary Islands (Spain) |
Shore |
1778 |
1799 |
Sp |
|
Na |
| 24 |
Cape Verde Islands |
Shore |
1690 |
1912 |
Sp,Hb |
|
Na |
| 25 |
Denmark/Greenland |
Shore |
1740s |
1923 |
Hb,Bh |
|
Ar,Na |
| 26 |
Mozambique |
Shore |
1805 |
Unk |
Hb |
|
Io |
| 27 |
Spain |
Coastal |
1789 |
1797 |
Ri |
|
Sa |
| Basque
Pelagic |
28 |
Basque |
Pelagic |
1350 |
1766 |
Bh,Ri |
|
Ar,Na |
| 29 |
Denmark/Norway |
Pelagic |
1620 |
1790 |
Bh |
|
Ar |
| 30 |
Dutch |
Pelagic |
1610 |
1824 |
Bh |
Sp,Ri |
Ar,Na |
| 31 |
French |
Pelagic |
1610 |
1868 |
Bh |
Ri,Ot |
Ar,Na |
| 32 |
Germany |
Pelagic |
1640 |
1801 |
Bh |
|
Ar |
| 33 |
Great Britain |
Pelagic |
1570 |
1911 |
Bh,Ri |
|
Ar,Na |
| American
Shore |
34 |
Australia |
Shore |
1805 |
1932 |
Sp,Hb,Ri |
|
Sp,Io |
| 35 |
Azores |
Shore |
1851 |
1984 |
Sp |
|
Na |
| 36 |
Barbados |
Shore |
1868 |
1913 |
Hb |
|
Na |
| 37 |
Bermuda |
Shore |
1607 |
1941 |
Sp,Hb |
|
Na |
| 38 |
Canada |
Shore |
1775 |
1850 |
Hb,Ri |
|
Na |
| 39 |
Chile |
Shore |
1870s |
1908 |
Sp,Hb,Ri |
|
Sp |
| 40 |
Equatorial Guinea |
Shore |
1850 |
1975 |
Hb |
|
Sa |
| 41 |
Hawaii |
Shore |
1840s |
Unk |
Sp,Hb |
|
Np |
| 42 |
Madeira |
Shore |
1941 |
1981 |
Sp |
Fi,Hb,Ri |
Na |
| 43 |
Mexico |
Shore |
1850s |
1885 |
Gr |
|
Np |
| 44 |
New Hebrides |
Shore |
1800s |
Unk |
Hb |
|
Sp |
| 45 |
New Zealand |
Shore |
1825 |
1933 |
Hb,Ri |
Sp |
Sp |
| 46 |
Norfolk Island |
Shore |
1858 |
1910 |
Hb |
|
Sp |
| 47 |
Russia |
Shore |
1850 |
1873 |
Bh,Ri |
Gr |
Ar,Np |
| 48 |
South Africa |
Shore |
1789 |
1929 |
Ri |
Hb |
Sa,Io |
| 49 |
Tonga |
Shore |
1890s |
1981 |
Hb |
|
Sp |
| 50 |
Trinidad |
Shore |
1826 |
1865 |
Hb |
|
Na |
| 51 |
U.S. Arctic |
Shore |
1884 |
1914 |
Bh |
|
Ar |
| 52 |
U.S. East Coast |
Shore |
1650 |
1924 |
Hb,Gr,Ri |
Ot |
Na |
| 53 |
U.S. West Coast |
Shore |
1854 |
Unk |
Hb,Gr |
|
Np |
| 54 |
West Indies |
Shore |
1876 |
2003 |
Sp,Hb |
Ot |
Na |
| American
Pelagic |
55 |
Australia |
Pelagic |
1828 |
1896 |
Sp,Hb,Ri |
|
Sp,Io |
| 56 |
Azores |
Pelagic |
1875 |
1900 |
Sp |
|
Na |
| 57 |
Bermuda |
Pelagic |
1786 |
Unk |
Sp,Ri |
|
Na,Sa |
| 58 |
Canada |
Pelagic |
1804 |
1893 |
Sp,Hb,Ri |
Bl,Fi |
Na,Sa,Sp |
| 59 |
Denmark |
Pelagic |
1800s |
Unk |
Ri |
|
Sp |
| 60 |
Dutch |
Pelagic |
1840 |
1860 |
Gr |
|
Sa,Np,Sp |
| 61 |
French |
Pelagic |
1784 |
1868 |
Sp,Ri |
Gr |
Sa,Np,Sp,Io |
| 62 |
Germany |
Pelagic |
1800s |
Unk |
Gr,Ri |
|
Np,Sp |
| 63 |
Great Britain |
Pelagic |
1775 |
1850s |
Sp,Ri |
Ot |
Na,Sa,Np,Sp,Io |
| 64 |
Hawaii |
Pelagic |
1832 |
1878 |
Sp,Bh,Ri |
|
Ar,Np |
| 65 |
New Zealand |
Pelagic |
1800s |
Unk |
Sp,Ri |
|
Sp |
| 66 |
Portugal |
Pelagic |
1774 |
1890s |
Sp,Ri |
|
Sp |
| 67 |
Russia |
Pelagic |
1852 |
1860 |
Gr,Bh,Ri |
|
Np |
| 68 |
South Africa |
Pelagic |
1816 |
1846 |
Ri |
|
Sa,Io |
| 69 |
Tahiti |
Pelagic |
1800s |
Unk |
Sp |
|
Np,Sp |
| 70 |
United States |
Pelagic |
1730 |
1925 |
Sp,Hb,Gr,Bh,Ri |
Ot |
Ar,Na,Sa,Np,Sp,Io |
| Transitional
Steam |
71 |
Great Britain |
Pelagic |
1859 |
1910 |
Bh,Ot |
Ot |
Ar |
| 72 |
Great Britain |
Pelagic |
1877 |
1896 |
Ot |
|
Ar,Na |
| 73 |
Norway |
Coastal |
1882 |
1930 |
Ot |
|
Na |
| 74 |
United States |
Pelagic |
1878 |
1910 |
Bh |
Gr |
Ar |
| 75 |
United States |
Coastal |
1880 |
1896 |
Fi,Hb |
|
Na |
| Norwegian
Shore |
76 |
Angola |
Shore |
1910 |
1928 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br |
Ri |
Sa |
| 77 |
Argentina |
Shore |
1904 |
1960 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Ri |
|
Sa |
| 78 |
Australia |
Shore |
1912 |
1978 |
Sp,Hb |
Bl |
Sp,Io |
| 79 |
Brazil |
Shore |
1910 |
1986 |
Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br,Mi |
Bl |
Na,Sa |
| 80 |
Canada |
Shore |
1898 |
1971 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se |
Ot |
Na,Np |
| 81 |
Chile |
Shore |
1900 |
1981 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br |
Ri |
Sa,Sp |
| 82 |
China |
Shore |
1953 |
1981 |
Fi,Hb,Br,Mi |
Gr |
Np |
| 83 |
Denmark/Greenland |
Shore |
1924 |
2003 |
Fi,Hb,Mi |
|
Na |
| 84 |
Faroes |
Shore |
1894 |
1987 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se |
Mi,Ri,Ot |
Na |
| 85 |
Gabon (Congo) |
Shore |
1922 |
1959 |
Hb |
|
Sa |
| 86 |
Germany |
Shore |
1883 |
1914 |
Bl,Hb |
|
Na,Sa |
| 87 |
Great Britain |
Shore |
1903 |
1951 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Ri |
Ot |
Na |
| 88 |
Iceland |
Shore |
1883 |
1989 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se |
Ri |
Na |
| 89 |
Japan |
Shore |
1896 |
1985 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br,Gr |
|
Np |
| 90 |
Mozambique |
Shore |
1912 |
1923 |
Hb |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Br |
Io |
| 91 |
Namibia (SW Africa) |
Shore |
1912 |
1930 |
Bl,Fi,Hb |
Sp,Se |
Sa |
| 92 |
New Zealand |
Shore |
1910 |
1964 |
Hb |
Sp,Br |
Sp |
| 93 |
Norfolk Island |
Shore |
1948 |
1962 |
Hb |
|
Sp |
| 94 |
Norway |
Shore |
1864 |
1971 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se |
Ri,Ot |
Na,Sa,Io |
| 95 |
Peru |
Shore |
1952 |
1980s |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Se,Br |
|
Sp |
| 96 |
Philippines |
Shore |
1983 |
1985 |
Br |
|
Np |
| 97 |
Portugal |
Shore |
1925 |
1951 |
Fi |
Bl,Sp |
Na |
| 98 |
Russia |
Shore |
1883 |
1912 |
Bl,Fi,Hb,Se,Gr |
|
Ar,Na,Np |
| 99 |
South Africa |
Shore |
1908 |
1976 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br,Ri |
Mi |
Sa,Io |
| 100 |
Soviet Union |
Shore |
1932 |
1992 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Gr,Bh,Ri |
|
Ar,Np |
| 101 |
Spain |
Shore |
1921 |
1985 |
Fi,Sp,Se |
|
Na |
| 102 |
United States |
Shore |
1911 |
1972 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Ri |
Se,Ot |
Np |
| Factory Ship |
103 |
Chile |
Pelagic |
1906 |
1914 |
Bl,Hb,Ri |
|
Sp,An |
| 104 |
Denmark |
Pelagic |
1930 |
1932 |
|
|
An |
| 105 |
Dutch |
Pelagic |
1946 |
1964 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb |
Se |
An |
| 106 |
French |
Pelagic |
1949 |
1959 |
Hb |
Sp,Se,Br |
Sa |
| 107 |
Germany |
Pelagic |
1936 |
1939 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb |
Se,Ri |
Np,Sp,Io,An |
| 108 |
Great Britain |
Pelagic |
1919 |
1963 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se |
|
An |
| 109 |
Japan |
Pelagic |
1934 |
2003 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br,Mi |
|
Np,Sp,Io,An |
| 110 |
Norway |
Pelagic |
1907 |
1968 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Gr,Ri |
|
Na,Sa,Np,Sp,Io,An |
| 111 |
Onassis |
Pelagic |
1950 |
1956 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb |
Se,Ri |
Sp,An |
| 112 |
Pirates |
Pelagic |
1968 |
1979 |
Bl,Fi,Sp |
Hb,Ri |
Na,Sa |
| 113 |
Portugal |
Pelagic |
1925 |
1925 |
Fi,Sp |
Bl |
Na |
| 114 |
Russia |
Pelagic |
1903 |
1904 |
|
|
Np |
| 115 |
South Africa |
Pelagic |
1909 |
1957 |
Bl,Fi,Sp |
|
An |
| 116 |
South Korea |
Coastal |
1946 |
1986 |
Fi,Mi |
Se,Gr |
Np |
| 117 |
Soviet Union |
Pelagic |
1932 |
1985 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Se,Br,Gr,Mi,Ri |
|
Np,An |
| 118 |
Spain |
Pelagic |
1924 |
1934 |
Fi,Sp |
|
Na |
| 119 |
Taiwan |
Coastal |
1955 |
1979 |
Hb,Br |
|
Np |
| 120 |
United States |
Pelagic |
1921 |
1941 |
Bl,Fi,Sp,Hb,Gr |
|
Np,Sp,An |
| Mechanized
Small-Type |
121 |
Iceland |
Shore |
1914 |
1985 |
Mi |
|
Na |
| 122 |
Japan |
Shore |
1948 |
2003 |
Mi,Ot |
|
Np |
| 123 |
Norway |
Pelagic |
1920s |
2003 |
Mi,Ot |
Ot |
Na |
|