WHALING INDUSTRY

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1935, Page 2

WHALING INDUSTRY

regulations in GAZETTE. ’ INTERNATIONAL convention. The details of the international convention for th© regulation of whaling are published for general information in the latest New Zealand Gazette. This convention has been ratified by 14 nations, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Norway, th© United States and Denmark, It was signed to IH3 I , and cam© into tore© on January 15 ttos Th© regulations deal with the types of whale which may be taken, th© treatment of the carcases, th© terms of engagement of crews, and th© supplying of statistics and information. Each of the high contracting parties is committed to send all statistical information about an whaling operations under its jurisdiction to the International Bureau for Whaling Statistics at Oslo, The information required includes details of the whales taken, th© name an tonnag© of each floating factory, the number and aggregate tonnage of the whalo catchers and a list of th© land stations in operation in th© period concerned, The geographical limits of th© application ©f the convention include all th© waters of the world, both the high sea? and territorial and national watersThe taking or killing of right whales is prohibited, these including North Cape whales, Greenland whales, southern right whales, Pacific right whales, and southern pigmy right whales; the prohibition applies also to calves or suckling whales, immature whales and female whales with calves, An article enforces th© extraction of oil from all 'blubber, and from Other - parts of the carcases, this applying bnly to the parts of the whale which are not intended to be used for human foodEvery factory, whether op shore or afloat, must be equipped with adequate apparatus for the extraction of the oil from blubber, flesh and bones, and in th© ease of whales brought on shore adequate arrangements must be mad© ■ for utilising the residues after the oil has been extracted. Where the payment of gunners and crews is made dependent on results, it is required to b© related to the Size, species, value and yield of oil of the whales taken, and not merely on the number taken. No ship of any nation which is a party to the convention will be permitted to take or ‘o treat whales unless the owner or charterer has given notification of his intention to do so to his government, and has received a certificate of notification from the government, It is not intended, however, to prejudice th© righ‘ of any nation to require, in addition, a license to be issued by its own authorities; such a license may be refused, whatever th© nationality of the ship may be. Th© most detailed information Is required about th© whales captured, It, ifl expected that “th© most complete bte* logical information possible will b© supplied.” The following list is given: Date of taking, place of taking, species, sex, length, and (when practicable) information about stomach contents. Th© length is required to be measured "from the tip of the snout to the patch between the flukes of the tail.”