. 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 Lenqrhs in half-metres Fig. 2. Length frequencies of the catch at Horta, Fayal from 9 July 1949 to 1954. been approaching the maximum size attainable by sperm whales. The International Whaling Statistics (xi-xxxiii) publish 68,765 measurements of male sperm whales killed between 1932 and 1953, and only eighty-four or 0-122% exceed 59 ft. Drouet mentions another 59-ft. sperm whale taken on the Azores ground, and adds that in the sperm whale fishery the Azores were noted for large whales (1861). Of 202 females taken at Fayal between 9 July 1949 and 1954 the largest was 1
. 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 Lenqrhs in half-metres Fig. 2. Length frequencies of the catch at Horta, Fayal from 9 July 1949 to 1954. been approaching the maximum size attainable by sperm whales. The International Whaling Statistics (xi-xxxiii) publish 68,765 measurements of male sperm whales killed between 1932 and 1953, and only eighty-four or 0-122% exceed 59 ft. Drouet mentions another 59-ft. sperm whale taken on the Azores ground, and adds that in the sperm whale fishery the Azores were noted for large whales (1861). Of 202 females taken at Fayal between 9 July 1949 and 1954 the largest was 12-30 m. (40 ft. 4 in.) in length and was measured by Senhor Reis on 11 April 1953. I do not at present know any reliable
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