There is no direct evidence of illegal whaling in the North Pacific, although the acknowledged misreporting of whaling data by the Soviet Union means that catch data are not entirely reliable.
並沒有直接的證據顯示北太平洋有非法的捕鯨活動，雖然蘇聯的捕鯨資料公認是錯誤的，這意味著捕鯨的資料並不是可以完全信賴的。