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Amendments to the Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, London, 1976 Done at London 25 June 1976 Entered into force 1 October 1976 Primary source citation: 27 UST 4016, TIAS 8422 INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION THE RED HOUSE STATION ROAD HISTON CAMBRIDGE CB4 4NP Chairman: A. G. BOLLEN (Australia) Vice-Chairman: T. ASGEIRSSON (Iceland) Secretary: DR. R. GAMBELL 1 OCTOBER 1976 DR. R. M. WHITE, NOAA Our Ref: RG/PRP/113 CIRCULAR COMMUNICATION TO ALL CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS INTERNATIONAL WHALING CONVENTION 1946 Amendments to the Schedule The Secretary refers to his circular letters of 2 July, 3 August and 6 August 1976 notifying the Contracting Governments of the amendments to the Schedule of the Convention agreed at the Commission's Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. No objections have been received to the amendments, a consolidated list of which is enclosed, and they therefore become binding on all Contracting Governments from 1 October 1976. The Secretary requests an acknowledgement of this communication, a copy of which is also being sent to all Commissioners. Dr. R. Gambell Secretary to the Commission Amendments to the Schedule At its Twenty-Eighth Meeting, held in London from 21 to 25 June 1976, the Commission agreed to the following amendments to the Schedule: Paragraph 1 * Add the following at the end of the paragraph: "small-type whaling" means catching operations using powered vessels with mounted harpoon guns hunting exclusively for minke, bottlenose, pilot or killer whales. Paragraph 6(a) sub-paragraph 4 * Amend to read: "For the 1976/77 pelagic season and the 1977 coastal season in the Southern Hemisphere and for the 1977 season in all other areas." Delete: "except for sei whales and Bryde's whales combined in the Southern Hemisphere" sub-paragraph 5 * Delete whole sentence: "For sei and Bryde's whales combined in the Southern Hemisphere falls short of the MSY stock level". sub-paragraph 6 * Amend to read: * "The following stocks are classified as Sustained Management Stocks for the 1976/77 pelagic season and the 1977 coastal season in the Southern Hemisphere and for the 1977 season in all other areas: Fin Whales - North Atlantic (East Greenland-Iceland Stock) Sei Whales - Southern Hemisphere Areas I, II, IV, V, VI Minke Whales - North Pacific (Western Stock) Minke Whales - North Atlantic (North American Coast, East Greenland and East Atlantic Stocks) Sperm Whales-males - Southern Hemisphere Divisions 3 and 5 Sperm Whales-females - Southern Hemisphere Divisions 2, 3, 6 and 7 Sperm Whales - North Atlantic The following stocks are provisionally listed as Sustained Management Stocks for 1977, pending the accumulation of sufficient information for classification Fin Whales - North Atlantic (North Norway, Spain-Portugal-British Isles Stocks) Sei Whales - North Atlantic (Iceland-Denmark Strait Stock) Minke Whales - North Atlantic (West Greenland Stock) Paragraph 6 (b) sub-paragraph 3 * Amend to read: * "The following stocks are classified as Initial Management Stocks for the 1976/77 pelagic season and the 1977 coastal season in the Southern Hemisphere and for the 1977 season in all other areas: Fin Whales - North Atlantic (Newfoundland-Labrador Stock) Bryde's Whales - Southern Hemisphere all Areas Bryde's Whales - North Pacific Minke Whales - Southern Hemisphere all Areas Minke Whales - North Pacific (except the Western Stock) Sperm Whales-males - Southern Hemisphere Divisions 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 Sperm Whales-females - Southern Hemisphere Divisions 1, 5 and 8 Sperm Whales-males - North Pacific Sperm Whales-females - North Pacific Paragraph 6(C) sub-paragraph 2 * Amend to read: * "There shall be no commercial whaling on species or stocks whilst they are classified as Protection Stocks. The following stocks are classified as Protection Stocks for the 1976/77 pelagic season and the 1977 coastal season in the Southern Hemisphere and for the 1977 season in all other areas: Blue Whales - All Oceans Humpback Whales - All Oceans Right Whales - All Oceans Gray Whales - All Oceans Fin Whales - Southern Hemisphere all Areas Fin Whales - North Pacific Fin Whales - North Atlantic (West Norway-Faroe and Nova Scotia Stocks) Sei Whales - Southern Hemisphere Area III Sei Whales - North Pacific Sei Whales - North Atlantic (Nova Scotia Stock) Sperm Whales-males - Southern Hemisphere Divisions 7 and 9 Sperm Whales-females - Southern Hemisphere Divisions 4 and 9 Paragraph 11 * Delete the first two sentences and the footnote. Amend to read: * "The number of baleen whales taken during the open season in the Southern Hemisphere by factory ships, land stations or whale catchers attached thereto under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Governments shall not exceed 1863 sei whales and 8900 minke whales and 0 Bryde's whales (pending a satisfactory estimate of stock size), in the 1976/77 pelagic season and the 1977 coastal season. The total catches taken in any of the Areas I to VI shall not exceed the limits shown below. However, in no circumstances shall the sum of the Area catches exceed the total quotas for each species: Sei Whales Minke Whales Area I 388 1062 Area II 113 2041 Area III 0 3003 Area IV 383 1600 Area V 626 1524 Area VI 539 402 Paragraph 12 * Amend to read: * "The number of whales taken in the North Pacific Ocean and dependent waters in 1977 shall not exceed the following limits: Sperm Whales-males 4320 Sperm Whales-females 2880 Bryde's Whales 1000 Minke Whales (Western Stock) 541 Minke Whales (remainder of the North Pacific) 0 pending a satisfactory estimate of stock size Paragraph 13 * Amend to read: * "The number of whales taken in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1977 shall not exceed the following limits: Fin Whales - Newfoundland Stock 90 Fin Whales - North Norway Stock 61 Minke Whales - North American Stock 48 Minke Whales - West Greenland Stock 325 Minke Whales - East Greenland Stock 320 Minke Whales - East Atlantic Stock 1790 Sei Whales - Iceland-Denmark Strait Stock 132 Sperm Whales - 685 The total catch of fin whales from the East Greenland-Iceland Stock shall not exceed 1524 in the six years 1977 to 1982 inclusive, and the total catch in any one year shall not exceed 304." Paragraph 14 * Amend to read: * "The number of sperm whales taken in the Southern Hemisphere in the 1976/77 pelagic season and the 1977 coastal season shall not exceed 3894 males and 897 females. The total catch in any of the Divisions 1 to 9 shall not exceed the limits shown below. However, in no circumstances shall the sum of the Division catches exceed total quotas." Male Female Division 1 316 73 Division 2 840 194 Division 3 783 224 Division 4 590 0 Division 5 559 128 Division 6 287 66 Division 7 0 94 Division 8 909 209 Division 9 0 0 Paragraph 15(C) * Add the following: "It is forbidden to take or kill any sperm whale over 45 feet (13.7 metres) in length in the Southern Hemisphere north of 40 deg. S latitude during the months of October to January inclusive." * Paragraph 21 * Add new subparagraph as follows: * "(d) A record similar to that described in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph shall be maintained by "small-type whaling" operations conducted from shore or by pelagic fleets, and all of this information mentioned in the said sub-paragraph shall be entered therein as soon as available." * Paragraph 23 (paragraph 1 section (c)) * Amend line 7 to read: * "... each whale treated in the factory ship, land station or "small-type whaling" operations as to the date and approximate ..." * Paragraph 23 (paragraph 2) sub-paragraph (b) * Add new section as follows: * "(v) Any modifications of the above measures or data from other suitable indicators of fishing effort for "small-type whaling" operations." *