reached. This view is shared by a number of other members, and 

 consideration of new management procedures is therefore being 

 undertaken in conjunction with the comprehensive assessment. 



In this regard, the IWC accepted a proposal put forward by 

 its Scientific Committee to establish three broad objectives to 

 guide development of a new management procedure: (1) the risk of 

 depleting a stock below some chosen level (e.g. , some proportion 

 of its carrying capacity) must be acceptable; (2) catch limits 

 should be stable over time to allow orderly development of the 

 whaling industry; and (3) catch limits should seek to achieve the 

 highest possible continuing yield from the stock. It was the 

 majority view that highest priority should be given to the first 

 objective and the latter two objectives must be balanced against 

 one another. The Scientific Committee is developing five 

 alternative management procedures and it was agreed that an 

 intercessional workshop should be held in February 1990 to pursue 

 the matter. The Scientific Committee expects to present a 

 recommended management approach to the IWC at its 1991 meeting. 



During the 1989 meeting, some members of the IWC suggested 

 that the IWC select one of the five proposed alternative 

 procedures as an interim procedure to establish a catch limit for 

 certain stocks at the meeting in 1990. Most other countries, 

 including the United States, noted that any interim procedure 

 would be inappropriate and disruptive to the process of 

 developing and testing an appropriate procedure. No action was 

 taken with respect to selecting an interim procedure for 

 establishing catch limits other than zero at the 1990 meeting. 



The IWC also adopted a number of other recommendations put 

 forward by the Scientific Committee and endorsed by the Joint 

 Working Group on the planning for the comprehensive assessment. 

 Among other things, it was agreed that: an intercessional 

 meeting should be held to carry out a comprehensive assessment of 

 eastern North Pacific gray whales; an intercessional workshop 

 should be held on the genetic analysis of cetacean populations; 

 and, following the 1990 IWC meeting, a special meeting of the 

 Scientific Committee should be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, to 

 conduct a comprehensive assessment of North Atlantic fin whales. 

 Japan appealed for similar consideration of the western North 

 Pacific minke whales. The IWC took note of Japan's appeal, but 

 no action was taken to schedule a stock assessment in 1990 or 

 beyond. 



Aboriginal/Subsistence Whaling — During its 1989 meeting, 

 the IWC adopted the following new aboriginal subsistence catch 

 limits: 



central north Atlantic minke whales (taken by East 

 Greenlanders) : 12 whales in each of the years 

 1990-1992; 



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