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The International Whaling Conference

RESOLVES:

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That all signatory Governments should draw the attention of their inspectors and of the whaling companies operating under their jurisdiction to previous cases of taking baleen whales in the closed season on the pretext of providing fenders for the bunkering of whale catchers. The Conference desires to emphasize that this practice constitutes an infringement of paragraph 7 of the Schedule, annexed to the Convention and recommends that if it is desired to send whale catchers long distances in the open sea before the commencement of, or after the end of the whaling season, suitable arrangements must be made for bunkering them without the use of carcasses of baleen whales.

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The International Whaling Conference

RECOMMENDS:

That the chart of Nomenclature of Whales annexed to this Final Act be accepted as a guide by the Governments, represented at the Conference.

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The International Whaling Conference

RECOMMENDS:

That the International Whaling Commission provided for in Article III of the Convention (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), should review the prohibition on the use of factory ships, or whale catchers attached thereto, for the purpose of taking humpback whales in any waters south of 40° South Latitude after taking into consideration the biological and other data available and consider the desirability of either the removal of the prohibition after the 1948-49 season and the southern winter season of 1949, or alternatively a limitation of the number of humpback whales to be taken both in the Antartic and tropical areas.

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The International Whaling Conference

RECOMMENDS:

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That the Commission should keep under constant review the question of the limits of the Antartic whaling season and also the maximum number of blue-whale units as defined by paragraph 8 (b) of the Schedule permitted to be taken during the season.

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The International Whaling Conference

CONSIDERS:

That the conditions relating to the use of factory ships within territorial waters of Contracting Governments as provided by paragraph 17 of the Schedule should be kept under review by the Commission so as to insure that these operations are conducted on an economic basis.

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