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• The following tables provide an overview of catches and strandings of different whale species in the Faroe Islands in recent years. These data have been compiled by the Faroese Museum of Natural History (www.ngs.fo) and do not include whales found stranded dead and not utilised. All catch and stranding data are reported annually to the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO).
• Annual records of drives and strandings of pilot whales and other small cetaceans in the Faroes date back to 1584. With the exception of very few historical periods for which records do not exist, these statistics provide over 400 years of documentation, representing one of the most comprehensive historical records of wildlife utilisation anywhere in the world.
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Table 1. WHALE DRIVES & STRANDINGS IN THE FAROE ISLANDS 2000 - 2012
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Year
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Pilot whales
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White-sided dolphins
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Bottle-nosed dolphins |
Risso’s dolphin |
Bottlenose whales (strandings) |
| 2000 |
588
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265
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0
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|
3 |
| 2001 |
918
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546
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6
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0
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| 2002 |
626
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773
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18
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6
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| 2003 |
503
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186
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3
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0
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| 2004 |
1012
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333
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0
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0
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| 2005 |
302
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312
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0
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1
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| 2006 |
856
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622
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17
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0
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| 2007 |
633
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0
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0
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3
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| 2008 |
0
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1
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7
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| 2009 |
310
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170
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1
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3
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2
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| 2010 |
1107
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14
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0
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21
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0
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| 2011 |
726 |
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| 2012 |
updated figure pending |
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Table 2. OVERVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL WHALE DRIVES & STRANDINGS 2007 – 2012
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Date
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Location
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Species
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No
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160107
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Oyrarbakki
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Long-finned pilot whale
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1
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300307
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Tjørnuvík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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104
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130407
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Hvannasund
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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58
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030707
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Tórshavn
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Long-finned pilot whale
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30
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120707
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Norðskála
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Long-finned pilot whale
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25
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130707
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Hvalvík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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1
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130707
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Gøta
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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142
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100807
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Tjørnuvík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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39
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170807
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Haraldsund
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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2
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270807
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Tórshavn
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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231
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200808
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Sandvík
|
Bottlenose whale
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3
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310808
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Signabøur
|
White-sided dolphin
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1
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090908
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Hvalba
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Bottlenose whale
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4
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050109
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Hvannasund
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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99
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100509
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Hvannasund
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White-sided dolphin
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4
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230509
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Hvalvík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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188
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230509
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Hvalvík
|
White-sided dolphin
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14
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230509
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Hvalvík
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Bottlenosed dolphin
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1
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220809
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Øravík
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White-sided dolphin
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141
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230809
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Hvalba
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Bottlenose whale
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2
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270809
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Fámjin
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White-sided dolphin
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11
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050909
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Gøta
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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23
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160909
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Klaksvík
|
Risso’s dolphin
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3
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130410
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Hvalba
|
Risso’s dolphin
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21
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050610
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Sandur
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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69
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240610
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Vestmanna
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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59
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020710
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Tórshavn
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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17
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080710
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Húsavík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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169
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090710
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Húsavík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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24
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190710
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Klaksvík
|
Long-finned pilot whale
|
228
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230710
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Tórshavn
|
Long-finned pilot whale
|
108
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050810
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Leynar
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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73
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300810
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Hvalba
|
White-sided dolphin
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14
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090910
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Miðvágur
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Long-finned pilot whale
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103
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140910
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Hvannasund
|
Long-finned pilot whale
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33
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220910
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Sandavágur
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Long-finned pilot whale
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67
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041010
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Vestmanna
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Long-finned pilot whale
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21
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111110
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Viðvík
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Long-finned pilot whale
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62
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151110
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Vágur
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Long-finned pilot whale
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74
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| 090211 |
Vestmanna |
Long-finned pilot whale |
41 |
| 070411 |
Vestmanna |
Long-finned pilot whale |
58 |
| 280511 |
Syðrugøta |
Long-fined pilot whale |
204 |
| 020911 |
Vestmanna |
Long-finned pilot whale |
75 |
| 080911 |
Hvannasund |
Long-finned pilot whale |
28 |
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131111
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Funningsfjørður |
Long-finned pilot whale |
169
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181111
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Sandavágur |
Long-finned pilot whale |
49
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201111
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Trongisvágur |
Long-finned pilot whale |
21
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| 221111 |
Tórshavn |
Long-finned pilot whale |
81 |
| 160512 |
Trongisvágur |
Long-finned pilot whale |
63 |
| 050612 |
Sandur |
Long-finned pilot whale |
125 |
| 090812 |
Hvannasund |
Long-finned pilot whale |
32 |
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