Hunting & Accidental Killing Timeline

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The following is a timeline of all known successful and attempted killings of killer whales by humans, either intentionally or unintentionally. Killings that occurred during live captures are not listed here. A timeline of live captures, rescues and releases can be found here, and a timeline of standings can be found here. Unfortunately much information about human hunting and killing of killer whales isn't available or has been lost to time, so this timeline is far from complete. Information will be added or updated as it becomes available.

**Events are put into the following categories:**

* **Subsistence Hunt -** when a killer whale is intentionally killed for the explicit purpose of food, clothing, or other necessary resources. Unintentional killings during live capture attempts are not listed as subsistence hunts.
* **Culling -** when a killer whale is intentionally killed for the explicit purpose of population management or pest control.
* **Sport Killing -** when a killer whale is intentionally killed for a purpose other than subsistence or culling, such as for entertainment, a trophy or target practice.
* **Bycatch -** when a killer whale is accidentally caught and killed by fishing gear or vessels during commercial fishing operations.
* **Vessel Impact -** when a killer whale is accidentally killed due to physical contact with a vessel.

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* 1866
* 1925
* 1942
* 1948
* 1954
* 1960
* 1966
* 1972
* 1978
* 1984
* 1996
* 2011
* 2017
* 1867
* 1931
* 1943
* 1949
* 1955
* 1961
* 1967
* 1973
* 1979
* 1985
* 2000
* 2012
* 2018
* 1880
* 1938
* 1944
* 1950
* 1956
* 1962
* 1968
* 1974
* 1980
* 1986
* 2002
* 2013
* 2021
* 1882
* 1939
* 1945
* 1951
* 1957
* 1963
* 1969
* 1975
* 1981
* 1987
* 2007
* 2014
* 2022
* 1883
* 1940
* 1946
* 1952
* 1958
* 1964
* 1970
* 1976
* 1982
* 1988
* 2008
* 2015
* 1884
* 1941
* 1947
* 1953
* 1959
* 1965
* 1971
* 1977
* 1983
* 1994
* 2009
* 2016

## 1756

### **"Autumn"**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** an unknown number of killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Nuuk, Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unknown number of unnamed killer whales*

## 1768

### **September**

***Attempted Subsistence Hunt, September 12th -** whalers attempted to harpoon approximately 20 killer whales from an unknown ecotype near **Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada**. All of the whales escaped.*

**Escaped:**

* *Approximately 20 unidentified killer whales*

## 1834

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, May 28th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed about 130 miles off the coast of **Chincoteague Island, Virginia, United States**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1854

### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, July 20th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **Annobón Island, Equatorial Guinea**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1863

### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, July 4th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **the Equator**, off the coast of **West Africa**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1864

### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, July 17th -** an unknown number of killer whales from an unknown ecotype were chased by whalers about 670 miles off the coast of **Newfoundland, Canada**. All of the whales escaped.*

**Escaped:**

* *Unknown number of unidentified killer whales*

## 1865

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, May 30th -** 2 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed somewhere north of **The Azores, Portugal**.*

**Killed:**

* *2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1866

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, May 28th -** 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 12 miles off the coast of **Isla Alto Velo, Dominican Republic**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale - was killed alongside a pilot whale.*

## 1867

### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 12th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed about 500 miles off the coast of **Newfoundland, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed female killer whale - described as "small".*

## 1880

### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 12th -** An unknown number of killer whales from an unknown ecotype were hunted near the **Strait of Gibraltar**. 1 whale was killed and the rest escaped.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

**Escaped:**

* *An unknown number of unidentified killer whales*

## 1882

### **February**

***Subsistence Hunt, February 20th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed about 100 miles off the coast of **Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1883

### **April**

***Subsistence Hunt, April 21st -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed about 750 miles off the coast of **West Bermuda**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1884

### **April**

***Subsistence Hunt, April 30th -** 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed off the coast of **Gros Islet, Saint Lucia**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1925?

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 1 Caribbean killer whale was killed near **Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed killer whale*

## 1931

***Sport Killing, October 24th -** in October of 1931, a lone killer whale from an unknown ecotype swam up the **Columbia River** in **Portland, Oregon**. After spending about 2 weeks in the river, the whale was harpooned by whalers and killed.*

**Killed:**

* Ethelbert

## 1938

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 11 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 11 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

## 1939

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 13 Norwegian killer whales was killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 13 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Møre, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1940

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1941

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales was killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 1942

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 29 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 29 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 17 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 17 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1943

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whales*

## 1944

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 1945

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 1946

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whales was killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1947

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whale was killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Møre, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whales was killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed in **Newfoundland, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed killer whale*

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### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed in **Southern Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1948

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 22 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 13 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Japanese killer whales were killed near off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 11 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 11 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 11 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 11 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 1949

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 20 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 15 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 5 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 4 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

## 1950

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*
* *At least 1 unnamed female killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*
* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

## 1951

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 16 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 7 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 28 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 17 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 11 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 6 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 3 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed off the coast of **Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 1951

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1952

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 11 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 4 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 23 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 8 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 4 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 3 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whale*

## 1953

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 5 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 25 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 18 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 7 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 23 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 11 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whale were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed off the coast of **Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed female killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed in **Newfoundland, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1954

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 67 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 36 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 31 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 36 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 24 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 12 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Japanese killer whales were and killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed male killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed off the coast of **Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*

\_\_\_\_

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

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### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 28th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed in **Southern Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed killer whale*

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### **September**

***Culling, Date Unknown -** an unknown number of Icelandic killer whales were attempting to take herring from fishing nets in **Iceland** when they were attacked by dozens of members of the U.S. Navy armed with rifles and machine guns. Although exact numbers vary, some sources say that as many as 80 killer whales, possibly even more, were killed. These numbers may have been inflated.  Other hunts reportedly occurred in the following years.  During the hunt many whales attempted to bring their injured podmates to the surface to breathe, although this was misinterpreted as the whales killing each other.  By sunrise the water was red with blood and killer whale carcasses were "floating everywhere".*

**Killed:**

* *Potentially 80+ unnamed killer whales*

## 1955

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 31 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 11 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 20 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 24 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 20 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 4 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 5 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 3 unnamed male killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed male killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed in **Newfoundland, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed killer whale*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Icelandic killer whales were killed in the off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

\_\_\_\_

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whales*

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### **December**

***Opportunistic Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown (around Christmas) -** in the mid-to-late fall at least 5 (probably around 11-12) killer whales from an unknown ecotype became trapped by ice in **Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada**. They survived at a small breathing hole for several months, and they eventually became weak and severely emaciated. Around Christmas hunters harpooned and killed at least 3 (probably 5) of the whales. Only the bodies of 2 of the whales, however, could be removed from the water. The bodies of the other whales sunk under the ice. The surviving killer whales likely died not long after the hunt from starvation or drowning. **NOTE: the exact year of this event isn't certain, but it is believed to be 1955 based on first-hand accounts, oral history and weather data.***

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed female killer whale - described as "a mature killer whale... a good size one, much bigger than a beluga whale, at least much longer". Believed to be a female.*
* *1 unnamed killer whale calf - described as "slightly larger than a full grown beluga whale"*
* *1 unnamed male killer whale - described as being the "largest" of the group, and was most likely a male. The whale could not be pulled out of the water by hunters, even when they used dog teams, and the whale was humanely euthanized with a gunshot instead. His body eventually sunk under the ice.*
* *At least 2 other unnamed killer whales - their bodies could not be retrieved and eventually sunk under the ice.*

**Escaped:**

* *Up to 6-7 unidentified killer whales, possibly more - some were likely calves. The surviving whales almost certainly died from starvation or drowning not long after the hunt.*

## 1956

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 6 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 5 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*
* *At least 3 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed female killer whales*

\_\_\_\_

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Møre, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 23 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 23 unnamed killer whales*

## 1957

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 23 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 15 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 22 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 16 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 6 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 18 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northeastern Honshu, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 11 unnamed female killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed male killer whales*
* *At least 2 unnamed male killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed off the coast of **Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed male killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

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### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 1-10th -** 3 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed in **Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada** using the whaling vessel **Arctic Skipper**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *3 unnamed killer whales*

## 1958

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 73 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 73 unnamed killer whales*

\_\_\_\_

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 13 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 13 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

## 1959

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 36 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 36 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

\_\_\_\_

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 16 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 16 unnamed killer whales*

\_\_\_\_

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whale were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Lofoten, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 24 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 24 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

## 1960

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 48 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 48 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near  **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 17 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 17 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 16 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 16 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed killer whales*

## 1961

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 54 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 54 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 18 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 18 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 41 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 41 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 17 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 17 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 13 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 13 unnamed killer whales*

## 1962

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 47 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 47 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 29 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 29 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 16 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 16 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 49 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 49 unnamed killer whales*

## 1963

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 37 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 37 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 16 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 16 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 13 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 13 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 30 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 30 unnamed killer whales*

## 1964

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 84 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 84 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed off the coast of **East Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 37 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 37 unnamed killer whales*

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### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, May 31st -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed about 47 miles off the coast of **Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed male killer whale - 25 ft.*

## 1965

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 163 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 163 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **West Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 18 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 18 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Lofoten, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 63 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 63 unnamed killer whales*

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### **July**

***Attempted Subsistence Hunt, July 8-11th -** 5 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were chased by whalers in **Dildo Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada**. All 5 whales eventually escaped.*

**Escaped:**

* *5 unnamed killer whales*

## 1966

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 136 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 136 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 31 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 31 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 Norwegian killer whales were killed off the coast of **Northern Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 47 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 47 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 61 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 61 unnamed killer whales*

## 1967

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 100 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 100 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Møre, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 15 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 15 unnamed killer whales*

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### **September**

***Subsistence Hunt, September 14th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed about 70 miles off the coast of **Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed male killer whale - 20 ft.*

## 1968

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 18 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 18 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **West Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*
**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 33 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 33 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 26 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 26 unnamed killer whales*

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### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, May 13th -** 6 Caribbean killer whales were hunted about 11 miles off the coast of **Fancy, St Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. 3 whales were harpooned and killed while 3 others escaped.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed adult female killer whale*
* *An unnamed subadult female killer whale*
* *An unnamed juvenile male killer whale - was the first whale to be harpooned. The other whales remained and attempted to help him.*

**Escaped:**

* *3 unidentified killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** At least 3 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 7 miles off the coast of **Fancy, St Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

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### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, July 11th -** 8 Caribbean killer whales were hunted about 4 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. 3 whales were harpooned and killed while 5 others escaped.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed adult male killer whale*
* *2 unnamed killer whales*

**Escaped:**

* *5 unidentified killer whales*

## 1969

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 22 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **West Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 170 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 170 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 16 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 16 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 4th -** at least 4 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 9 miles off the coast of **Fancy, St Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 1970

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 17 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 17 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 205 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 205 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

## 1971

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 34 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Icelandic killer whales were killed off the coast of **Iceland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Norwegian killer whales were killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 5 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 9 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 6 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 9 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, July 17th -** 2 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed in **Conception Bay** near **Bauline, Newfoundland, Canada** by the whaling ship **Iversen**.*

**Escaped:**

* *1 unnamed male killer whale - 24.8 ft.*
* *1 unnamed female killer whale - 20.3 ft.*

## 1972

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 17 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **West Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed off the coast of **East Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*
**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 7 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1973

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Lofoten, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————————

### **January**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 12 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1974

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————————

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was killed about 9 miles off the coast of **Port Elizabeth, Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1975

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed off the coast of **Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Lofoten, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Norwegian Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1976

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1977

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed off the coast of **Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 12 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 12 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 7 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 7 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **September**

***Opportunistic Subsistence Hunt, September 26th -** 14 killer whales from an unknown ecotype became trapped in a saltwater lake and were killed near **Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *13 unnamed killer whales*
* *1 unnamed killer whale calf - 11.6ft*

## 1978

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 63 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 63 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **Barents Sea** near **Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————————

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 18th -** 31 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were forcibly stranded in **Klaksvík, Faroe Islands**. All of the whales were killed. Although killer whales are a protected species and cannot be killed in the Faroe Islands, the fishermen claimed that they were mistaken for pilot whales, the species that is normally killed.*

**Killed:**

* *31 unnamed killer whales*

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### **August**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was shot and killed near **Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada**.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed adult male killer whale*

## 1979

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 6 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 6 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 219 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 219 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Møre, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————————

## 1980

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 52 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 52 unnamed killer whales*

## 1981

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 11 Norwegian killer whales were killed near **Lofoten, Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 11 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed near **Møre, Norway**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Norwegian killer whale was killed in the **North Sea** near **Norway**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1982

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————————

### **April**

***Subsistence Hunt, April 19th -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 12-13 miles off the coast of **Port Elizabeth, Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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### **August**

***Subsistence Hunt, August 16th -** at least 2 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 7 miles off the coast of **Port Elizabeth, Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1983

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1984

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 5 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

## 1985

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 8 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 8 unnamed killer whales*

## 1986

### **Unknown Month**

***Culling, Date Unknown -** 1 Caribbean killer whale was killed about 37 miles off the coast of **Uribia, La Guajira, Colombia**. The whale was killed in retaliation for eating for stealing bait and fish from fishermen.*

**Killed:**

* *1 unnamed juvenile killer whale - 14.4 ft long*

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***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 10 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 10 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was killed near **Nuuk, Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————————

### **August**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Maniitsoq, Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 14 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed in **Western or Southern Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 14 unnamed killer whale*

## 1987

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

## 1988

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Japanese killer whales were harpooned and killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1988

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Japanese killer whale was harpooned and killed near **Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 1994

### **July**

***Subsistence Hunt, July 1st -** at least 2 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 9 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 1996

### **April**

***Subsistence Hunt, April 7th -** at least 5 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 2 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 5 unnamed killer whales*

## 2000

### **May**

***Subsistence Hunt, May 1st -** at least 3 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 2 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

## 2002

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 8 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Qasigiannguit, Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** 8 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed near **Aasiaat, Greenland**.*

**Killed:**

* *8 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** At least 40 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were killed in **Disko Bay, Greenland**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 40 unnamed killer whales*

## 2007

### **November**

***Subsistence Hunt, November 5th -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 15 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 2008

### **July**

***Bycatch, July 14th -** 3 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were accidentally caught in a gillnet and killed near **Busan, South Korea**. The whales were later sold at a fish auction.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed juvenile killer whale*

### **September**

***Subsistence Hunt, September 1st -** at least 2 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 17 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, September 13th -** at least 3 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 20 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **November**

***Subsistence Hunt, November 8th -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 20 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————

***Subsistence Hunt, November 21st -** at least 3 Caribbean killer whale were harpooned and killed about 14 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

————————

### **December**

***Subsistence Hunt, December 19th -** at least 2 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed about 10-11 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

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***Subsistence Hunt, December 20th -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 12 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

## 2009

### **February**

***Bycatch, Date Unknown -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was accidentally caught in a gillnet and killed near **Daecheon, South Korea**. The whale was later taken to a fish market and sold.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed juvenile killer whale - 4.7m*

## 2011

### **Unknown Month**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed off the coast of **Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

————————

### **June**

***Subsistence Hunt, June 14th -** at least 1 Caribbean killer whale was harpooned and killed about 12 miles off the coast of **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 1 unnamed killer whale*

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### **November**

***Bycatch, November 26th -** a killer whale from an unknown ecotype was accidentally caught in a gillnet near **Yeosu, South Korea**. The whale was exhausted from struggling in the net, and was later released by the Coast Guard. It is unknown whether or not the whale survived.*

**Released:**

* *An unnamed killer whale - approx. 23 ft (7m)*

## 2012

### **Month Unknown**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 2 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed off the coast of **Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 2 unnamed killer whales*

## 2013

### **August**

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## 2014

### **February**

***Bycatch, February 19th -** 1 killer whale from an unknown ecotype was accidentally caught in a gillnet and killed near **Donghae, South Korea**. The whale was later given to the Coast Guard.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed juvenile killer whale*

## 2015

### **Month Unknown**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed off the coast of **Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

## 2016

### **Month Unknown**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 3 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed off the coast of **Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 3 unnamed killer whales*

## 2017

### **Month Unknown**

***Subsistence Hunt, Date Unknown -** at least 4 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed off the coast of **Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. These whales may have been killed in separate events.*

**Killed:**

* *At least 4 unnamed killer whales*

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### **April**

***Subsistence Hunt, April 3rd -** 4 Caribbean killer whales were hunting pilot whales when 2 of them were harpooned near **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**. Both of the harpooned whales were killed, although the other 2 whales escaped.*

**Killed:**

* *2 unnamed killer whales*

**Escaped:**

* *2 unidentified killer whales*

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### **October**

***Subsistence Hunt, October 13th -** 3 killer whales from an unknown ecotype were harpooned and killed near **Lamalera, Indonesia**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed male killer whale*
* *An unnamed female killer whale*
* *An unnamed killer whale calf*

## 2018

### **April**

***Subsistence Hunt, April 15th -** 3 Caribbean killer whales were harpooned and killed near **Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed male killer whale*
* *2 unnamed female killer whales*

## 2021

### **September**

***Opportunistic Subsistence Hunt, September 7th -** a killer whale from an unknown ecotype became stranded on **Barra Beach, Miramar, Mozambique**. Although the whale was returned to the water that afternoon, she died overnight. She either died from her injuries or was killed by local fishermen for food. Her scavenged remains were found the following day.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed female killer whale*

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### **November**

***Subsistence Hunt and Possible Culling, November 25th -** 4 killer whales from an unknown ecotytpe were shot and killed in **Nuuk Fjord, Greenland**. The bodies of 3 of the whales sunk and could not be recovered. The fourth whale's body was able to be taken back to shore, and the meat was later sold on Facebook.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed adult male killer whale - his remains sunk in the fjord and could not be retrieved.*
* *An unnamed killer whale - their body was towed back to shore, and their meat was eventually sold on Facebook. This whale may have been a calf.*
* *2 unnamed killer whales - their remains sunk in the fjord and could not be retrieved. One of these whales may have been a calf.*

## 2022

### **March**

***Bycatch, March 5th -** a killer whale from an unknown ecotype was accidentally caught in a gillnet and killed off the coast of **Pohang, South Korea**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed male killer whale - approx. 16.4 ft (5m)*

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***Subsistence Hunt, March 22nd -** a killer whale from an unknown ecotype was harpooned and killed about 13 miles away from **Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia**.*

**Killed:**

* *An unnamed juvenile killer whale - they reportedly weighed 900+ lbs.*

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 "Occurrence and hunting of killer whales in Greenland"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "Killer whale sightings and takes by American pelagic whalers in the North Atlantic"
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 "Distribution, feeding habits and morphology of killer whales Orcinus orca in the Caribbean Sea"
4. ↑ "In 1931, an orca swam to Portland — and caused a stir"
5. ↑ 5.000 5.001 5.002 5.003 5.004 5.005 5.006 5.007 5.008 5.009 5.010 5.011 5.012 5.013 5.014 5.015 5.016 5.017 5.018 5.019 5.020 5.021 5.022 5.023 5.024 5.025 5.026 5.027 5.028 5.029 5.030 5.031 5.032 5.033 5.034 5.035 5.036 5.037 5.038 5.039 5.040 5.041 5.042 5.043 5.044 5.045 5.046 5.047 5.048 5.049 5.050 5.051 5.052 5.053 5.054 5.055 5.056 5.057 5.058 5.059 5.060 5.061 5.062 5.063 5.064 5.065 5.066 5.067 5.068 5.069 5.070 5.071 5.072 5.073 5.074 5.075 5.076 5.077 5.078 5.079 5.080 5.081 5.082 5.083 5.084 5.085 5.086 5.087 5.088 5.089 5.090 5.091 5.092 5.093 5.094 5.095 5.096 5.097 5.098 5.099 5.100 5.101 5.102 5.103 5.104 5.105 5.106 5.107 5.108 5.109 5.110 5.111 5.112 5.113 5.114 5.115 5.116 5.117 5.118 5.119 5.120 5.121 5.122 5.123 5.124 5.125 5.126 5.127 5.128 5.129 5.130 5.131 5.132 5.133 5.134 5.135 5.136 5.137 5.138 5.139 5.140 5.141 5.142 5.143 5.144 5.145 5.146 5.147 5.148 5.149 5.150 5.151 5.152 5.153 5.154 5.155 5.156 5.157 5.158 5.159 5.160 5.161 5.162 5.163 5.164 5.165 5.166 5.167 5.168 5.169 5.170 5.171 5.172 5.173 5.174 5.175 5.176 5.177 5.178 5.179 5.180 5.181 5.182 5.183 5.184 5.185 5.186 5.187 5.188 5.189 5.190 5.191 5.192 5.193 5.194 5.195 5.196 5.197 5.198 "The distribution of killer whales (*Orcinus orca*) in the North Atlantic based on Norwegian catches, 1938-1981, and incidental sightings, 1967-1987"
6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 *Small Cetaceans of Japan: Exploitation and Biology*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 "Records of killer whales in the western North Atlantic, with emphasis on eastern Canadian waters"
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 8.35 8.36 8.37 8.38 8.39 8.40 8.41 8.42 8.43 "KILLER WHALES CAUGHT IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF JAPAN FOR RECENT 10 YEARS"
9. ↑ "US Marksmen Aid Icelanders, Shoot Fish-Stealing Whales"
10. ↑ "A Killer's Charm"
11. ↑ *Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator*
12. ↑ "US Marksmen Aid Icelanders, Shoot Fish-Stealing Whales"
13. ↑ "Inuit Recollections of a 1950s Killer Whale (*Orcinus orca*) Ice Entrapment in Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada"
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "CETACEANS FROM THE LESSER ANTILLEAN ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT"
15. ↑ "Distribution and Seasonality of Killer Whales in the Eastern Canadian Arctic"
16. ↑ "Beatifull kill, a flock of white belly whales" by istdasgeil on YouTube **(WARNING: video contains graphic footage)**
17. ↑ "When things go wrong"
18. ↑ "A review of Canadian Arctic killer whale (*Orcinus orca*) ecology"
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Killer Whale Slaughter in Greenland"
20. ↑ "🇷🇺 Три косатки утонули в(...)" CDR (cetaceans\_\_darkreality) on Instagram
21. ↑ "🇷🇺 Косатка, приловленная в жаберную(...)" CDR (cetaceans\_\_darkreality) on Instagram
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 "Artisanal and Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Eastern Caribbean): History, Catch Characteristics, and Needs for Research and Management"
23. ↑ "🇷🇺 7-метровая изможденная косатка(...)" by cdr (@cetaceans\_\_darkreality) on Instagram **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**
24. ↑ "🇷🇺 19 февраля 2014 в(...)" CDR (cetaceans\_\_darkreality) on Instagram
25. ↑ "Cruise ship cancels bookings after whalers kill orca in front of guests in St. Vincent" **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**
26. ↑ "BREAKING: Orca pod slaughtered in(...)" Project ORCA - Orca Research & Conservation Australia on Facebook **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**
27. ↑ "Whalers kill 3 more orcas in St. Vincent (+video)" **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**
28. ↑ "Beached orca dies despite Barra’s rescue efforts"
29. ↑ "Mozambique: Death of a stranded Orca"
30. ↑ "Fire spækhuggere skudt i Nuup Kangerlua" **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**
31. ↑ "🇷🇺 3 дня назад в(...)" by cdr (@cetaceans\_\_darkreality) on Instagram **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**
32. ↑ "Fisher Defends Capture, Slaughter Of Orca: 'People Have To Eat!'" **(WARNING: article contains graphic images)**