comprehensive assessment; and ensure that, following comple- 

 tion of scientific treatment of any whales killed, available 

 meat or other products be utilized "primarily for local 

 consumption. " 



As mentioned, the Governments of Iceland and the 

 Republic of Korea submitted proposals for special permits for 

 scientific research, and these were reviewed by the IWC 

 during the 1986 meeting. In both cases, similar proposals 

 had been submitted for consideration at the 1985 meeting. As 

 it had at the previous meeting, the Scientific Committee 

 provided detailed comments on the Icelandic research proposal 

 but was unable to agree on the extent to which the proposal 

 satisfied research guidelines developed to review special 

 permit proposals. With respect to the Korean research 

 proposal, it was again found that it did not meet IWC 

 information requirements. 



Related Activities 



Certification under the Packwood-Maqnuson and Pelly 

 Amendments — As discussed in previous Annual Reports, 

 whaling carried out under objections to provisions of the IWC 

 Schedule may trigger certain actions under two U.S. laws — 

 the Packwood-Magnuson Amendment to the Magnuson Fishery 

 Conservation and Management Act and the Pelly Amendment to 

 the Fishermen's Protective Act. The Packwood-Magnuson 

 Amendment mandates a reduction by at least 50 percent in the 

 allocation of fish that may be caught within the U.S. Fishery 

 Conservation Zone by any nation whose nationals are certified 

 by the Secretary of Commerce for directly or indirectly 

 conducting fishing operations or engaging in trade or taking 

 which diminishes the effectiveness of the International 

 Whaling Convention or its conservation program. Under the 

 Pelly Amendment, the U.S. may embargo imports of fish 

 products by any nation so certified. 



During 1986, whaling activities conducted by citizens of 

 the Soviet Union and Norway were certified by the Secretary 

 of Commerce as diminishing the effectiveness of the IWC. As 

 noted in the previous Annual Report, the Soviet Union was 

 certified in April 1985 for taking an excessive number of 

 minke whales from the Antarctic Ocean during the pelagic 

 whaling season immediately preceding the first year of the 

 commercial whaling moratorium. As a result, its allocation 

 of fishery resources from U.S. waters was reduced by 50 

 percent. Soviet whalers again took minke whales in the 

 Antarctic Ocean in 1986. Therefore, during 1986, the entire 

 U.S. fishery allocation for the Soviet Union was withheld. 

 Because the Soviet Union did not request a U.S. fishery 

 allocation in 1986, this sanction had no apparent effect in 

 preventing the offending whaling practices. However, as 



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