WHALE SUPPLY RUNNING OUT.
That the world’s stock of whales is rapidly declining is suggested in the annual report of the Fishery Board of Scotland on the Scottish fisheries during 1913. There was a further decline in the catch of whales in Scottish waters, the number falling from 440 in 1912 to 437 in 19,13. During the years 1909 to 19x1 the numbers had been 730, 615 and 503 respectively. The decline last year was small in numbers, but relatively it was considerable, the average catch per steamer falling from 40 to 33.6. As this decline, the report adds, is in keeping with what has happened on all grounds o| the northern hemisphere there seems little room for doubt that the stock of whales has been seriously reduced.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1290, 29 August 1914, Page 4
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128WHALE SUPPLY RUNNING OUT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1290, 29 August 1914, Page 4
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