NO WHALES IN WAKE OF RUSSIAN FLEET
(New Zealand Press Association;
BLENHEIM, April 1. It appears that the brief visit by the Russian whaling fleet off the New Zealand coast was a successful one as far as the Russians were concerned. It was certainly not a successful one for the Tory Channel whalers.
The day after the departure of the Russian ships the Tory Channel company’s steam chaser, the Orca, went out to the area where the Russians had been operating and where it was known whales should be found.
The week’s activities failed to yield a single whale. The tally for March was a mere 13.
The total for the season is now 190—compared with 27 for 1962, 55 in 1955, and 226 in 1960.
This season, however, is the first in which sperm whales have been hunted, and has extended from last year into this. Previously humpback whales were caught. Mr G. T. Perano, a principal in the company, said today: "At the moment we have no idea what the future of the industry will be.” The Orca was due for survey this month, and that would end the season. “But it has been a most disappointing season,” he said, with the intrusion of the Russian fleet certainly not helping matters.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 6
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