WORLD’S STOCK OF WHALES
Thinning Out Of Species (N Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11.10 p.m.) PERTH, April 1. Whale stocks in the world are lessening, said the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research organisation humpback whale expert, Dr. R. G. Chittieborough, who has spent a week in London on a scientific sub-committee preparing for a full-scale conference in June. Conservation of world stocks will be attacked from research on breeding, reproduction and migration habits, and by restricting the hunting season. Humpbacks are perhaps the least important of the whale species, but only a four-day season is allowed at the beginning of February each year. The average kill in those four days is 1200. However, only 400 were killed last year. On his arrival in Perth today. Dr. Chittieborough said the International Whaling Commission was working on ways of protecting the species of whale now thinning out.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28551, 2 April 1958, Page 7
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