as a guiding principle, the U.S. take all feasible 

 steps to insure the long-term future of the Whaling 

 Convention and improve the effectiveness of the 

 IWC; 



the U.S. continue its support of the moratorium 

 provision at least until such time as the compre- 

 hensive assessment is completed and the provisions 

 governing commercial take are re-examined; 



the U.S. make certain that post-comprehensive 

 assessment management decisions do not neglect 

 uncertainties in available data and/or population 

 models that might, if disregarded, allow whale 

 stocks to be reduced to or maintained at unaccept- 

 able levels, and that catch limits other than zero 

 for commercial whaling be supported only if whale 

 stocks are determined with certainty to be at a 

 level which could sustain such exploitation; 



three or four U.S. scientists be immediately 

 designated to represent the U.S. at IWC meetings 

 bearing on the comprehensive assessment and that 

 this group meet with other appropriate U.S. 

 scientists by mid-March 1986 to consult on posi- 

 tions and develop scientific background 

 papers on: (a) procedures and timetables affecting 

 the comprehensive assessment, and (b) potential 

 revision of the IWC's present management proce- 

 dures ; 



the U.S. participate in IWC meetings, including 

 those scheduled for 7-11 April in England on the 

 comprehensive assessment and for 6 June in Sweden 

 on socio-economic aspects of IWC whaling decisions; 



the U.S. participate in the 2 June 1986 working 

 group meeting and any other IWC meetings to 

 consider matters relating to the issuance of 

 special permits for scientific research; 



the U.S. continue to support IWC actions that 

 reflect legitimate subsistence needs of Alaska 

 Eskimos; 



the U.S. maintain appropriate arrangements with the 

 Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to ensure that the 

 Alaska Eskimo bowhead whale hunt is conducted in a 

 manner consistent with adopted IWC quotas and 

 related provisions; 



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