Government of the Faroe Islands

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PILOT WHALE CATCHES IN THE FAROE ISLANDS 1900 – 2000


Source: Zoological Department, Museum of Natural History

Long-term annual average 1709-1999 850
Annual average catch 1900 - 1999 1,225
Annual average catch 1980 - 1999 1,511
Annual average catch 1990 - 1999 956

Year

No. of whales

1900

788

1901

 

1902

481

1903

204

1904

566

1905

221

1906

410

1907

302

1908

1793

1909

734

1910

1324

1911

1650

1912

669

1913

168

1914

291

1915

1203

1916

397

1917

263

1918

848

1919

153

1920

802

1921

1076

1922

473

1923

1047

1924

 

1925

468

1926

348

1927

 

1928

480

1929

17

1930

266

1931

2386

1932

1282

1933

959

1934

178

1935

652

1936

1633

1937

886

1938

2093

1939

3362

1940

2847

1941

4475

1942

1931

1943

1037

1944

1386

1945

1555

1946

1040

1947

1939

1948

587

1949

955

1950

562

1951

2836

1952

1242

1953

2100

1954

2010

1955

885

1956

1816

1957

2085

1958

2619

1959

1426

1960

1795

1961

1892

1962

1813

1963

2204

1964

1364

1965

1620

1966

1485

1967

1973

1968

1650

1969

1395

1970

388

1971

1015

1972

511

1973

1050

1974

673

1975

1086

1976

531

1977

898

1978

1192

1979

1673

1980

2775

1981

2909

1982

2652

1983

1689

1984

1921

1985

2595

1986

1676

1987

1450

1988

1738

1989

1260

1990

917

1991

722

1992

1572

1993

808

1994

1201

1995

228

1996

1524

1997

1162

1998

815

1999

608

2000

588