Amendments to the Schedule of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Source:
1. Amend paragraph 9(d) to read:
(d) Geographical boundaries in the North Pacific. The geographical boundaries for sperm, Bryde's and minke whale stocks in the North Pacific are:
Sperm whale stocks [unchanged]
Bryde's whale stocks [unchanged]
Minke whale stocks
Sea of Japan - Yellow Sea - East China Sea
West of a line through the Philippine Islands, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu, Honshu, Hokkaido and Sakhalin Island, north of the Equator.
Okhotsk Sea - West Pacific
East of the Sea of Japan - Yellow Sea - East China Sea stock and west of 180°, north of the Equator.
Remainder
East of the Okhotsk Sea - West Pacific stock, north of the Equator.
Add new sub-paragraph 10(e):
Notwithstanding the other provisions of paragraph 10, catch limits for the killing for commercial purposes of whales from all stocks for the 1986 coastal and the 1985/86 pelagic seasons and thereafter shall be zero. This provision will be kept under review, based upon the best scientific advice, and by 1990 at the latest the Commission will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the effects of this decision on whale stocks and consider modification of this provision and the establishment of other catch limits.
Revise paragraph 11 as follows:
The number of baleen whales taken in the Southern
Hemisphere in the 1982/83 pelagic season and the 1983 coastal season shall not exceed the limits shown in Tables 1 and 2. However, in no circumstances shall the sum of the Area catches exceed the total catch limit for each species.
Revise paragraph 12 as follows:
The number of baleen whales taken in the North Pacific Ocean and dependent waters in 1983 and in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1983 shall not exceed the limits shown in Tables 1 and 2.
5. Amend Tables 1 and 2 as shown below.
6 . Amend paragraph 13 as follows:
1. A new paragraph (a) is added:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 10, catch limits for aboriginal subsistence whaling to satisfy aboriginal subsistence need for the 1984 whaling season and each whaling season thereafter shall be established in accordance with the following principles:
For stocks at or above the MSY level, aboriginal subsistence catches shall be permitted so long as total removals do not exceed 90 percent of MSY.
For stocks below the MSY level but above a certain minimum level, aboriginal subsistence catches shall be permitted so long as they are set at levels which will allow whale stocks to move to the MSY level.*
The above provisions will be kept under review, based upon the best scientific advice, and by 1990 at the latest the Commission will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the effects of these provisions on whale stocks and consider modification;
Footnote to paragraphs 13 (a) (2):
* The Commission, on advice of the Scientific Committee, shall establish as far as possible
(a) a minimum stock level for each stock below which whales shall not be taken, and
(b) a rate of increase towards the MSY level for each stock. The Scientific Committee shall advise on a minimum stock level and on a range of rates of increase towards the MSY level under different catch regimes.
2. Existing paragraph (a) is redesignated as paragraph (b) and the words `catch limits for aboriginal subsistence whaling are as follows:' are substituted for the words `notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 10'. Existing paragraph (b) is redesignated as sub-paragraph (3) of new (b).
3. Add a new sub-paragraph (4) to new paragraph (b):
(4) The taking by aborigines of minke whales from the West Greenland stock and fin whales from the West Greenland stock is permitted and then only when the meat and products are to be used exclusively for local consumption. The number of whales taken in accordance with this sub-paragraph shall not exceed the limits shown in Table 1.
4. Add a new footnote 7 to Table 1 to read as follows:
Of the total numbers shown, a proportion corresponding to needs may be taken by aborigines pursuant to paragraph 13 (b) (4).
Exisiting footnote 8 is redesignated as footnote 9.
The entry in Table 1 for the West Greenland stock of fin whales is footnoted with an additional provision as follows:
Available to be taken by aborigines pursuant to paragraph 13 (b) (4).
7. Amend Table 3 as shown below.
TABLE I. BALEEN WHALE STOCK CLASSIFICATIONS AND CATCH LIMITS (excluding Bryde's whales)
[TAB]SEI[TAB]MINKE[TAB]FIN[TAB]BLUE[TAB]HUMP
BACK[TAB]RIGHT
BOWHEAD,
PYGMY
RIGHT[TAB]GRAY
[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Catch
limit[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Catch
limit[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Catch
limit[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Classi
fication[TAB]Catch
limit
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE-1982/83
pelagic season and 1983 coastal season
AREA LONGITUDES
I 120°W-60°W[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]-[TAB]852[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
II 60°W-0"W[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]-[TAB]656[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
III 0°-70°E[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]-[TAB]1,116[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
IV 70°E-130°E[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]-[TAB]1,969[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
V 130°E-170°W[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]-[TAB]1,896[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
VI 170°W-120°W[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]-[TAB]937[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
Total catch not to exceed:[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]7,072[TAB][TAB]0[TAB]0[TAB]0[TAB]0[TAB][TAB]
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE-1983 season
ARCTIC[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
NORTH PACIFIC[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Whole region[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
Okhotsk Sea-West Pacific Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB]SMS[TAB]4211[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Sea of Japan-Yellow Sea-East China
Sea Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB]SMS2[TAB]9403[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Remainder[TAB][TAB][TAB]IMS[TAB]04[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Eastern Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]SMS
[TAB]1795
Western Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB]0
NORTH ATLANTIC[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
Whole region[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
West Greenland Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]4446,7[TAB]-[TAB]68[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Newfoundland-Labrador Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Canadian East Coast Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]04[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Nova Scotia Stock[TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Central Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]300[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
East Greenland-Iceland Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]SMS[TAB]167[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Iceland-Denmark Strait Stock[TAB]SMS[TAB]1009[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Spain-Portugal-British Isles Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]12010[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Northeastern Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]-[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
West Norway-Faroe Islands Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
North Norway Stock[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]
Eastern Stock[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB].[TAB]
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN[TAB][TAB][TAB]IMS[TAB]0[TAB][TAB][TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB]PS[TAB][TAB]
1 The total catch of minke whales shall not exceed 1,678 in the five years 1980 to 1984 inclusive.
²Provisionally listed as SMS for 1983.
³The total catch of minke whales shall not exceed 3,634 in the five years 1980 to 1984 inclusive.
4Pending a satisfactory estimate of stock size.
5Available to be taken by aborigines or a Contracting Government on behalf of aborigines pursuant to paragraph 13(b)(3).
6The total catch of minke whales shall not exceed 1,778 in the five years 1981 to 1985 inclusive.
7Of the total numbers shown, a proportion corresponding to needs may he taken by aborigines pursuant to paragraph 13 (b)(4).
8 Available to be taken by aborigines pursuant to paragraph 13(b)(4).
9The total catch of sei whales shall not exceed 504 in the six years 1980 to 1985 inclusive.
10The total catch of lin whales shall not exceed 270 in the three years 1983 to 1985 inclusive.
TABLE 2. BRYDE'S WHALE STOCK CLASSIFICATION AND
CATCH LIMITS
[TAB]Classification[TAB]Catch
limit
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE-1982/83 pelagic
season and 1983 coastal season
South Atlantic Stock[TAB]-[TAB]0
Southern Indian Ocean Stock[TAB]IMS[TAB]02
South African Inshore Stock[TAB]-[TAB]0
Solomon Islands Stock[TAB]IMS[TAB]02
Western South Pacific Stock[TAB]IMS[TAB]02
Eastern South Pacific Stock[TAB]IMS[TAB]02[*]
Peruvian Stock[TAB]-[TAB]1651[Section]
NORTH PACIFIC-1983 season
Eastern Stock[TAB]IMS[TAB]O2
Western Stock[TAB]IMS[TAB]536
East China Sea Stock[TAB]-[TAB]10
NORTH ATLANTIC-1983 season[TAB]IMS[TAB]02
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
1983 season[TAB]-[TAB]0
1Available to be taken in a six month period starting in November 1982.
2Pending a satisfactory estimate of stock size.
TABLE 3. TOOTHED WHALE STOCK CLASSIFICATIONS AND CATCH LIMITS
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 1982/83 pelagic season and 1983 coastal season
[TAB]SPERM[TAB]BOTTLENOSE
Divisions[TAB]Longitudes[TAB]Classification[TAB]Catch
limit[TAB]Classi
fication
1[TAB]60°W-30°W[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
2[TAB]30°W-20°E[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
3[TAB]20°E-60°E[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
4[TAB]60°E-90°E[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
5[TAB]90°E-130°E[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
6[TAB]130°E-160°E[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
7[TAB]160°E-170°W[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
8[TAB]170°W-100°W[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
9[TAB]100°W-60°W[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE-1983 season
NORTH PACIFIC[TAB][TAB][TAB]
Western Division[TAB]-[TAB]-1,2[TAB]
Eastern Division[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
NORTH ATLANTIC[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]PS3
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN[TAB]-[TAB]0[TAB]
1 No whales may be taken from this stock until catch limits including any limitations on size and sex are established by the Commission.
2 Notwithstanding footnote 1 catch limits for the 1982 and 1983 coastal seasons are 450 and 400 whales respectively, provided that included within each of these catch limits there may be a by-catch of females not to exceed 11.5 % and all whaling operations for this species shall cease for the rest of each season when the by-catch is reached.
3 Provisionally listed as PS for 1983 pending the accumulation of sufficient information for classification.
