Grindadráp í Føroyum 1940—1962 Pilot Whales (Globicephalus melaena Traill) killed in Faroe 1940-1962

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Published Jan 1, 1962
Jákup Sverri Joensen

Abstract

H. C. Miiller (1884) gives the figures for the yearly catches oí pilot whales (Globicephalus malaena Traill) in the years 1584—1883. For the years 1884—1903 no figures are published, but for the catches in 1904 —1939 we can find the figures by Degerbøl (1940). The present paper gives the monthly and yearly catches of pilot whales in the Faroes for the years 1940—1962. (Table 1). In these 23 years we had the very best catches, we ever had before. In Table 2 is seen in which bays the scools are killed (hvalvágur). In 1962 were measured 190 whales. Table 3 and Fig. 2 show the results of the measurements. 8 fetus were measured, the Iengths was 150—175 cm.

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Natural Sciences