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metres, sei whales 12.2 metres, and sperm whales 11.6 metres Sim-
ilar limitations have also been placed on coastal stations (except
for sperm whales, the mini.ium length of which is 10.7 metres), but
if the flesh of the whales is to be used for human or animal food
the minimum lengths. are lowered to 16.8 metres for fin whales and
to 10.7 metres for sei whales.
Reports on whales killed are submitted to the Bureau of
International Whaling Statistics at Sandefjord, Norway.
Data on the kill of whales by the USSR pelagic fleet in
Antarctic waters are presented in Appendix 14.
and 30 0 S.
Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis australis)
These whales spend the winter in the waters between 20 o S
They are usually, seen off the coast of South Africa in
late .September and-early October. They appear in the Tristan da
Cunha area (37 0 S) in July, With a peak in numbers in October, and
disappear in December. They have been seen in Antarctic waters at
o o o o
55 or 56 S, but they usually stay farther north (45 -50 S),
especially in February and March (at the island of South Georgia).
Mhere is little informatio n available about their diet. in
Antarctic and adjacent waters they feed on Euphausiacea (principally
Euphausia superba); in more northerly latitudes they feed on other
species that also form mass concentrations.
Their reproduction has not been studied fully. Eating and
Parturition are confined to the winter of the southern hemisphere
(June and July) and take place in the warm zone of the ocean. Gestation
lasts for about a year; the new-born calves are about 5-5.5
metres in lensth. The are suckled for more than six months.
females attain sexual maturity at a body length of about 14.5 metres,
and the males, apparently, at about 14.0 metres.
and behaviour.
They resemble other southern whales in their mode of life
The number of southern right whales south of 30 ° S is estimated
at 4,100, and of those off the South African coast at about 180.
Pnmy Right Whale (CaDerea marginata)
Yhe bioloi;y of these wh ales is almost unknown; all our information
has been derived from stranded carcasses of t.e animals.
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