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7. (a) 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 40° South Latitude, except during the period from 15th December, to 1st April, following, both days inclusive. (b) Notwithstanding the above prohibition of treatment during a closed season, the treatment of whales which have been taken during the open season may be completed after the end of the open season.
8. (a) The number of baleen whales taken during the open season caught in any waters south of 40° South Latitude by whale catchers attached to factory ships under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Governments shall not exceed sixteen thousand blue-whale units. (b) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, blue-whale units shall be calculated on the basis that one blue whale equals
(1) two fin whales or
(2) two and a half humpback whales or (3) six sei whales.
(c) Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of the Convention, within two days after the end of each calendar week, of data on the number of blue-whale units taken in any waters south of 40° South Latitude by all whale catchers attached to factory ships under the jurisdiction of each Contracting Government.
(d) If it should appear that the maximum catch of whales permitted by sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be reached before 1st April, of any year, the Commission, or such other body as the Commission may designate, shall determine, on the basis of the data provided, the date on which the maximum catch of whales shall be deemed to have been reached and shall notify each Contracting Government of that date not less than two weeks in advance thereof. The taking of baleen whales by whale catchers attached to factory ships shall be illegal in any waters south of 40° South Latitude after the date so determined. (e) Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of the Convention of each factory ship intending to engage in whaling operations in any waters south of 40° South Latitude.
9. It is forbidden to take or kill any blue, fin, sei, humpback, or sperm whales below the following lengths:-
(a) Blue whales
(b) Fin whales
(c) Sei whales
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70 feet (21.3 metres)
55 feet (16.8 metres)
40 feet (12.2 metres)
35 feet (10.7 metres)
35 feet (10.7 metres)
(d) Humpback whales
(e) Sperm whales
except that blue whales of not less than 65 feet (19.8 metres), fin whales of not less than 50 feet (15.2 metres), and sei whales of not less than 35 feet (10.7 metres) in length may be taken for delivery to land stations provided that the meat of such whales is to be used for local consumption as human or animal food.
Whales must be measured when at rest on deck or platform, as accurately as possible by means of a steel tape measure fitted at the zero end with a spiked handle which can be stuck into the deck planking abreast of one end of the whale. The tape measure shall be stretched in a straight line parallel
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