They were hunted in large numbers off the coasts of Norway and Scotland beginning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and in 1885 alone, more than 700 were caught off Finnmark.
Lovili su ih u velikim brojevima kraj obale Norveške i Škotske krajem 19. i početkom 20. stoljeća, a samo 1885., ulovljeno je više od 700 primjeraka kraj Finnmarka u Norveškoj.