WHALE CROP TO BE SPLIT
NORWEGIANS CO-OPERATE LONDON, Sept. 10. Whaling will soon <bo as scientific as farming, a,n<l the day may come when whales will carry brands of owning companies, while herd ships will act as, “cowboys.” Norwegian whaling interests have combined and apportioned the next season’s,ea£ch'. . ' .The .Tnlire, Brunn and von der.Lippc grOup> has. been awarded a quota of barrels (3002 whales). The floating ..factories, Kosmos I and Kosmo»,II will be sent out by .this group. Tt has not yet been decided how the qpoia,is.tq.b.e divided among the different. companies forming, part of these two expeditions. The two floating.factories will co-operate in production,, . Each., floating factory will operate with eight whale catchers. Floating factories belonging to. this group which will not bo employed aro the Antarctic, Pelagos, Pontos, Fraternitas and Esperanza. The Rasmussen group has boon awarded a quota of 315,890 barrels (2872 whales)., Ropshavet’s floating factory Sir .Tames Iloss Clark will lie sent out. Another of this group’s floating factories will also be sent out. prohabiy the hew Vest fold. On the other hand, it has been decided that the C. A. Larsen, Svend Flovn I and Vikingen will stay in iipmc water?. Operations from the land station owned by Vest ford on South Georgia will not be resumed this season.,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17918, 24 October 1932, Page 5
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