Even though 49 ports have been identified as whaling settlements, they didn't all participate in the trade at the same time, as it is known that some ports only hunted whales for a short period of time.
Iako 49 luka je identificirano kao kitolovna naselja, nisu svi sudjelovali u trgovini u isto vrijeme, kao što je poznato da su samo neke luke lovile kitove u kratkom vremenskom razdoblju.