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Dall’s porpoise catch statistics were initially
reported to the Scientific Committee of the International
Whaling Commission (IWC), however since 2000 Japan
has refused to do this, or to allow its scientists
to take part in the Scientific Committee’s work
on small cetaceans, in protest at the IWC’s
Resolution on Dall’s porpoise in 1999 and its
attempts to provide advice on Japan’s small
cetacean hunts. The following data were reported in
an assessment posted on the Fisheries Agency website
(Iwasaki, T. 2008 Dall’s porpoise assessment
by National
Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries (Japanese
only).
NB these figures do not include porpoises that are
struck and lost, or those killed accidentally in fishing
gear.
| YEAR |
DALLI-
TYPE |
TRUEI-
TYPE |
UNKNOWN
TYPE |
TOTAL |
| 1963 |
- |
- |
- |
9,040 |
| 1964 |
- |
- |
- |
9,440 |
| 1965 |
- |
- |
- |
9,180 |
| 1966 |
- |
- |
- |
7,980 |
| 1967 |
- |
- |
- |
5,150 |
| 1968 |
- |
- |
- |
6,020 |
| 1969 |
- |
- |
- |
7,020 |
| 1970 |
- |
- |
- |
8,060 |
| 1971 |
- |
- |
- |
5,210 |
| 1972 |
- |
- |
- |
5,190 |
| 1973 |
- |
- |
- |
7,230 |
| 1974 |
- |
- |
- |
6,470 |
| 1975 |
- |
- |
- |
7,350 |
| 1976 |
- |
- |
- |
9,899 |
| 1977 |
- |
- |
- |
9,358 |
| 1978 |
- |
- |
- |
8,426 |
| 1979 |
- |
- |
- |
6,872 |
| 1980 |
- |
- |
- |
6,718 |
| 1981 |
- |
- |
- |
9,803 |
| 1982 |
- |
- |
- |
12,883 |
| 1983 |
- |
- |
- |
12,776 |
| 1984 |
- |
- |
- |
9,764 |
| 1985 |
- |
- |
- |
10,378 |
| 1986 |
- |
- |
- |
16,515 |
| 1987 |
- |
- |
- |
25,600 |
| 1988 |
- |
- |
- |
40,367 |
| 1989 |
18,953 |
13,095 |
- |
32,048 |
| 1990 |
9,360 |
12,442 |
- |
21,802 |
| 1991 |
4,671 |
6,457 |
6,506 |
17,634 |
| 1992 |
3,394 |
8,009 |
- |
11,403 |
| 1993 |
5,731 |
8,587 |
- |
14,318 |
| 1994 |
8,093 |
7,854 |
- |
15,947 |
| 1995 |
7,002 |
5,394 |
- |
12,396 |
| 1996 |
8,038 |
8,062 |
- |
16,100 |
| 1997 |
8,533 |
10,007 |
- |
18,540 |
| 1998 |
5,303 |
6,082 |
- |
11,385 |
| 1999 |
6,379 |
8,428 |
- |
14,807 |
| 2000 |
7,513 |
8,658 |
- |
16,171 |
| 2001 |
8,430 |
8,422 |
- |
16,852 |
| 2002 |
7,614 |
8,335 |
- |
15,949 |
| 2003 |
8,308 |
7,412 |
- |
15,720 |
| 2004 |
4,614 |
9,175 |
- |
13,789 |
| 2005 |
6,880 |
7,784 |
- |
14,664 |
| 2006 |
4,212 |
7,802 |
- |
12,014 |
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564,238 |
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