CONSERVING WHALES
NORWEGIAN DECISION
LIMITATION OF CATCH. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright OSLO, June 14. The Cabinet has sanctioned the law, after consultation with British interests, authorising the limitation of production of Ihe entire whaling fleet to a single factory, and forbidding Nor"wlegans do participate in whaling under conditions less rigorous than the new law Imposes. It is expected that next season’s catch will be limited to 2,000,000 casks compared with 2,250,000 last year. Fishing will be restricted to three months Instead o-f four months, and the preservation of whales Is extended to the territory south of 40 degrees compared to 50 degrees south latitude, involving many thousands of square miles.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19604, 17 June 1935, Page 9
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112CONSERVING WHALES Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19604, 17 June 1935, Page 9
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