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An updated humpback whale catch series for the North Pacific
Yulia V. Ivashchenko and Phillip J. Clapham
IWC
2021
SC/68C/IA/04
We reviewall knowncatches ofhumpbackwhales intheNorthPacific, withassignments tosixfeedingandfive breedinggrounds. Catchrecordsgo backto1656, althoughinevitablyearlyrecords are incomplete. Takingmaximumvalues for the historical fisheries inAsia andCalifornia-Oregon, the recorded/imputedtotal catchfor the period1656-1972is 40,727whales. The total for just the 20th century (1900-72) is 30,871.
