Whales killed
annual number, 1900–2015
| Data Item | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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| Annual number of whales killed | 1,659.00 | 2,251.00 | 2,951.00 | 3,437.00 | 4,549.00 | 4,821.00 | 4,621.00 | 6,946.00 | 9,038.00 | 11,837.00 | 17,204.00 | 22,388.00 | 25,136.00 | 25,276.00 | 24,336.00 | 20,580.00 | 12,550.00 | 8,818.00 | 10,285.00 | 10,984.00 | 14,416.00 | 10,892.00 | 17,735.00 | 16,431.00 | 20,420.00 | 27,393.00 | 26,675.00 | 25,601.00 | 30,773.00 | 38,764.00 | 48,415.00 | 12,777.00 | 28,308.00 | 31,239.00 | 39,316.00 | 39,383.00 | 49,729.00 | 63,958.00 | 48,795.00 | 41,364.00 | 22,413.00 | 11,049.00 | 10,021.00 | 11,078.00 | 9,364.00 | 18,743.00 | 33,696.00 | 43,945.00 | 47,423.00 | 49,252.00 | 49,692.00 | 62,913.00 | 49,363.00 | 52,138.00 | 62,652.00 | 62,235.00 | 59,914.00 | 67,956.00 | 71,228.00 | 75,591.00 | 79,464.00 | 74,639.00 | 66,775.00 | 76,911.00 | 82,194.00 | 71,780.00 | 70,501.00 | 64,239.00 | 56,752.00 | 59,315.00 | 53,126.00 | 52,753.00 | 41,816.00 | 41,706.00 | 43,235.00 | 35,041.00 | 31,276.00 | 24,729.00 | 21,986.00 | 17,982.00 | 14,321.00 | 13,722.00 | 12,536.00 | 11,193.00 | 8,669.00 | 7,937.00 | 6,361.00 | 1,554.00 | 348.00 | 417.00 | 327.00 | 289.00 | 425.00 | 556.00 | 610.00 | 758.00 | 905.00 | 1,055.00 | 1,114.00 | 1,130.00 | 1,350.00 | 1,520.00 | 1,674.00 | 1,775.00 | 1,692.00 | 2,314.00 | 1,855.00 | 1,953.00 | 1,940.00 | 1,871.00 | 1,545.00 | 1,539.00 | 1,328.00 | 1,641.00 | 1,461.00 | 1,715.00 |