Whaling to continue
(N.Z. frets Assn.—-Copyright) LONDON, June 30.
The call for a 10-year halt to all whaling has been rejected by the International Whaling Commission.
The American motion for a moratorium was rejected, 6-4, with four abstentions. The conference is closed to the press and the public, but informed sources said scientists of the whaling nations argued that the species being hunted were numerous enough to survive.
The United States moratorium proposal was seconded by Britain, and was supported by the Argentine and Mexico. Against it were Japan, the Soviet Union, and Norway (the leading whaling nations), and Panama, South Africa and Iceland. Australia, Canada, Denmark and France abstained.
The over-all quota has been set at 38,700 whales, compared with a total catch last year of about 41,000 whales.
The quota for sperm whales will be set on a new basis. All catching of female sperm whales has been barred, but now the suggested quota is 6000 males and 4000 females for the North Pacific and, in the Antarctic, 8000 males and 5000 females.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32957, 1 July 1972, Page 15
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