Amendments To The Schedule To The International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling, Special Meeting

Filename: 1978-AmendmentsScheduleSM-1946-Whaling.EN.txt

Amendments to the Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling of 2 December 1946

Source: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1979/26.html (electronic)

The amendments read as follows:

A. Substantive amendments

(changes and new wording italicised)

Table 2. Sperm whale stock classifications and catch limits

Amend entry for Southern Hemisphere Division 5 to read:

"5 90°E-130°E PS 0 SMS 0"

Amend entries for North Pacific to read:

"Western Division [TAB] SMS[1] [TAB] 2698 [TAB] SMS[1] [TAB] 0

Eastern Division [TAB] SMS[1] [TAB] 1102 [TAB] SMS[1] [TAB] 0

Total: [TAB] [TAB] 3800[2] [TAB] [TAB] 0

[1] Provisionally listed as SMS for 1979.

[2] Included within this figure there may be a by-catch of females not to exceed 11.5% and all whaling operations are to cease when the by-catch is reached."

Amend second part of paragraph 26 and renumber it as new paragraph 27 to read:

"Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of the Convention with regard to all factory ships and catcher ships of the following statistical information:

(a) The name and gross tonnage of each factory ship.

(b) For each catcher ship attached to a factory ship or land station

(i) The dates on which each is commissioned and ceases whaling for the season

(ii) The number of days on which each is at sea on the whaling grounds each season

(iii) Where possible, the time spent each day on different components of the catching operation

(iv) The gross tonnage, horsepower, length and other characteristics of each; vessels used only as tow boats should be specified

(v) Any modification of the above measures or data from other suitable indicators of fishing effort for "small-type whaling" operations.

(c) A list of the land stations which were in operation during the period concerned, and the number of miles searched per day by aircraft, if any.

The information required under paragraphs (b)(iii) to (b)(v) should be recorded in the log book format shown in Appendix A."

B. Consequential amendments

Paragraph 14

Amend to read:

"14. The number of sperm whales taken in the Southern Hemisphere in the 1978/79 pelagic season and the 1979 coastal season shall not exceed 3820 males and 1055 females. The total catch in any of the Divisions 1 to 9 shall not exceed the limits shown in Table 2."

Paragraph 28

Renumber as 29.

Amend existing paragraph 27 and renumber as 28 to read:

27. (a) Where possible all factory ships and land stations shall collect from each whale taken and report on:

(1) both ovaries or the combined weight of both testes.

(2) at least one ear plug, or one tooth (preferably first mandibular).

(b) Where possible similar collections to those described in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph shall be undertaken and reported by small-type whaling operations conducted from shore or by pelagic fleets.

(c) All specimens collected under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be properly labelled with the platform or other identification number of the whale and be appropriately preserved.

(d) A Contracting Government shall arrange for the analysis as soon as possible of the tissue samples and specimens collected under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and report on the results of such analyses.

SCHEDULE APPENDIX A

Title page (one logbook per catcher per season)

Catcher name .............................................. Year built ............................................

Attached to expedition/land station ...........................................................................

Season .....................................................

Overall length ................................................... Wooden/steel hull

Gross tonnage ...................................................

Type of engine .................................................. H.P. .............................................

Maximum speed ............................................... Ave. searching speed ...........................

Asdic set, make and model no. .....................................................................................

Date of installation .............................................

Make and size of cannon ......................................................................

Type of first harpoon used (explosive, electric, non-explosive) ........................................

Type of killer harpoon used ...........................................................

Length and type of forerunner .......................................................

Type of whaleline ..........................................................................

Height of barrel above sea level .....................................................

Speedboat used, Yes/No

Name of captain ....................................................................

Number of years experience .................................................

Name of gunner ....................................................................

Number of years experience .................................................

Number of crew ....................................................................

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Daily record sheet

Date ............................ Catcher name .............................................. Sheet No. ..............

Searching:

Time started (or resumed) searching

Time whales seen

Whale species

Number seen and no. of groups

Position found

Name of catcher that found whales

Chasing:

Time started chasing (or confirmed whales)

Time whale shot or chasing discontinued

Asdic used (Yes/No)

Handling:

Time whale flagged or alongside for towing

Serial no. of catch

Towing:

Time started picking up

Time finished picking up or starting towing

Date and time delivered to factory

Resting:

Time stopped (for drifting or resting)

Time finished drifting/resting

Time ceased operations

Total searching time ............................

Weather conditions

Total chasing time ...............................

Time

Sea state

Wind force and direction

Visibility

Total handling time .............................

Total towing time ................................

Total resting time .................................

Other time (eg, bunkering, in port) ...........

Whales seen (No. and no. of schools)

Blue ..........................................

Bryde .......................................

Fin ............................................

Minke ......................................

Humpback ................................

Sperm .......................................

Right .........................................

Others ......................................

Sei .............................................

(specify) ...................................

Signed ...............................................