Wednesday 14 December 2016

2016/2017 Taiji Drive Hunt figures


Species                       Quota       captured    killed         captive         released       remaining quota
Pacific Whitesided         134                                                           
Striped                          450             120       120                                                           330
Bottlenose                     414             130                          80                  61                    334         
Pantropical Spotted       400               70                          18                  52                    382
Rissos                           251             153       145                                    8                     106
Short finned pilot           101               65        34                                   31                      67
whale
False killer whale             70                                                                                           70



September 2016

9th 12-15 Rissos

15th 80 bottlenose and 15 - 20 pilot whales
16th 24 bottlenose taken captive
17th 38 bottlenose taken captive
18th 9 pilot whales killed

22nd-24th  46 bottlenose 26 captive

October
4th 20 Rissos
19th October 35 Striped
26th 40 striped

November
4th Rissos 25 dead 4 released
16th November 20 Rissos
17th November 10 Rissos
21st November  15 Rissos
29th November 30 Rissos

December
4th 30 Striped
5th 7 bottlenose captives
9th pilot whales 25 dead
12th Dec pantropical spotted 18 captive
15th Dec striped 15 dead
18th December bottle nose dolphins 4 captive
19th December Rissos, 9 killed one deliberately drowned