. Apr MdL| ' Jun â Jul Aug ' Sep Oct Fig. 108. Sei whale. Monthly catches at Natal, 1918-26. Nov curate observation. In the early days of whaling at South Georgia, Right whales and Humpbacks were so plentiful that the comparatively low powered catchers had no cause to seek for whales at any great distance from the whaling stations. The reason for the sudden abundance of Sei whales at the Scottish whaling stations is given by Haldane (1909) as the extension of fishing outside a previous 40-mile limit. He says, "B. borealts was more abundant, B. nmsciihis scarcer than last year; the reason
. Apr MdL| ' Jun â Jul Aug ' Sep Oct Fig. 108. Sei whale. Monthly catches at Natal, 1918-26. Nov curate observation. In the early days of whaling at South Georgia, Right whales and Humpbacks were so plentiful that the comparatively low powered catchers had no cause to seek for whales at any great distance from the whaling stations. The reason for the sudden abundance of Sei whales at the Scottish whaling stations is given by Haldane (1909) as the extension of fishing outside a previous 40-mile limit. He says, "B. borealts was more abundant, B. nmsciihis scarcer than last year; the reason given for this is that during the time of the 40-mile limit there were plenty of B. musculus within the limit, doubtless feeding on the herring which were abundant on the west coast of Shetland, while beyond the 40 miles B. borealts were plentiful and B. musailus not so ; In both these localities, then, the apparent abundance may have been due merely to
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