On the Postwar Whaling in the Adjacent Waters of Japan

Abstract

This is an additional paper to the writer's recent work “The whaling and whale stocks in the adjacent waters of Japan” (Report of the Laboratory of the Nippon Suisan Co. Ltd., 4, 1950; in Japanese). The compositions of the whales caught in 1949 are shown here. The result of a statistical analysis indicates that under existing conditions any increase in the whaling effort in the coastal grounds will turn out ot be unprofitable.