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Paragraphs in "International Agreement For The Regulation Of Whaling" coded as SUBS

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Art.1 Article 1
Art.1.1x The contracting Governments will take appropriate measures to ensure the application of the provisions of the present Agreement and the punishment of infractions against the said provisions, and, in particular, will maintain at least one inspector of whaling on each factory ship under their jurisdiction. The inspectors shall be appointed and paid by Governments.
Art.4 Article 4
Art.4.1x It is forbidden to take or kill Grey Whales and/or Right Whales.
Art.5 Article 5
Art.5.1x It is forbidden to take or kill any Blue, Fin, Humpback or Sperm whales below the following lengths, viz.:
Art.5.1x.a (a) Blue whales 70 feet,
Art.5.1x.b (b) Fin whales 55 feet,
Art.5.1x.c (c) Humpback whales 35 feet,
Art.5.1x.d (d) Sperm whales 35 feet.
Art.6 Article 6
Art.6.1x It is forbidden to take or kill calves, or suckling whales or female whales which are accompanied by calves or suckling whales.
Art.7 Article 7
Art.7.1x It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen whales in any waters south of 40deg. South Latitude, except during the period from 8 December to 7 March following, both days inclusive, provided that in the whaling season 1937-38 the period shall extend to 15 March 1938, inclusive.
Art.8 Article 8
Art.8.1x It is forbidden to use a land station or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating whales in any area or in any waters for more than six months in any period of twelve months, such period of six months to be continuous.
Art.9 Article 9
Art.9.1x It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen whales in any of the following areas, viz.:
Art.9.1x.a (a) in the Atlantic Ocean north of 40deg. South Latitude and in the Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and Greenland Sea;
Art.9.1x.b (b) in the Pacific Ocean east of 150deg. West Longitude between 40deg. South Latitude and 35deg. North Latitude;
Art.9.1x.c (c) in the Pacific Ocean west of 150deg. West Longitude between 40deg. South Latitude and 20deg. North Latitude;
Art.9.1x.d (d) in the Indian Ocean north of 40deg. South Latitude.
Art.11 Article 11
Art.11.1x The fullest possible use shall be made of all whales taken. Except in the case of whales or parts of whales intended for human food or for feeding animals, the oil shall be extracted by boiling or otherwise from all blubber, meat (except the meat of sperm whales) and bones other than the internal organs, whale bone and flippers, of all whales delivered to the factory ship or land station.
Art.12 Article 12
Art.12.1x There shall not at any time be taken for delivery to any factory ship or land station a greater number of whales than can be treated efficiently and in accordance with Article 11 of the present Agreement by the plant and personnel therein within a period of thirty-six hours from the time of the killing of each whale.
Art.13 Article 13
Art.13.1x Gunners and crews of factory ships, land stations and whale catchers shall be engaged on terms such that their remuneration shall depend to a considerable extent upon such factors as the species, size and yield of whales taken, and not merely upon the number of the whales taken, and no bonus or other remuneration, calculated by reference to the results of their work, shall be paid to the gunners and crews of whale catchers in respect of any whales the taking of which is forbidden by this Agreement.
Art.15 Article 15
Art.15.1x Articles 5, 9, 13 and 14 of the present Agreement, in so far as they impose obligations not already in force, shall not until 1 December 1937, apply to factory ships, land stations or catchers attached thereto which are at present operating or which have already taken practical measures with a view to whaling operations during the period before the said date. In respect of such factory ships, land stations and whale catchers, the Agreement shall in any event come into force on the said date.
Art.16 Article 16
Art.16.1x The contracting Governments shall obtain with regard to all factory ships and land stations under their jurisdiction records of the number of whales of each species treated at each factory ship or land station and as to the aggregate amounts of oil of each grade and quantities of meal, guano and other products derived from them, together with particulars with respect to each whale treated in the factory ship or land station as to the date and place of taking, the species and sex of the whale, its length and, if it contains a foetus, the length and sex, if ascertainable of the foetus.