IWC adopted a Resolution calling upon Iceland to reconsider 

 issuing a special permit to take fin whales. Iceland 

 subseguently announced that, after reconsidering the matter, it 

 would issue a special permit to take only 68 fin whales. It did 

 so and 68 whales were taken from the eastern North Atlantic stock 

 of fin whales in the weeks following the 1989 IWC meeting. 



As noted above, Iceland also announced that it would take no 

 whales for scientific research in 1990 and had no plans to take 

 whales for research purposes after 1990. These actions were 

 considered positive steps towards bringing Iceland's research 

 policies into conformance with IWC's conservation program. As a 

 result, the Secretary of Commerce took no action after the 1989 

 IWC meeting to certify Iceland for its research whaling program. 



Japan — As noted in the previous Annual Report, the 

 Secretary of Commerce certified Japan under the Packwood-Magnuson 

 and Pelly Amendments on 9 February 1988 for authorizing a 

 research program to take up to 330 Southern Hemisphere minke 

 whales. The action was taken after it was confirmed that whales 

 were in fact being taken by Japanese research whaling vessels and 

 while the IWC was in the process of conducting a postal vote on a 

 Resolution (subseguently adopted) recommending that Japan refrain 

 from issuing a special permit for the proposed research. 



Under the Packwood-Magnuson Amendment, Japan's allocation 

 of fish from U.S. waters was immediately reduced by 50 percent. 

 Following the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce, on 6 

 April 1988, the President directed the Secretary of State to 

 withhold 100 percent of Japan's fishery allocations within U.S. 

 waters, as well as any future fishery allocations. Before 

 considering further sanctions under the Pelly Amendment, the 

 President asked the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 

 the Secretary of State, to monitor Japanese whaling practices and 

 to report back to him by 1 December 1988. He also directed the 

 Secretaries to continue consultations with other IWC nations to 

 ensure that all whaling that diminishes the effectiveness of the 

 IWC conservation program, specifically including that conducted 

 under Japan's research program, is brought to a halt. 



On 1 December 1988, the Secretary of Commerce advised the 

 President that, despite Japan's submission of a revised research 

 proposal after the 1988 IWC meeting, there had been no signi- 

 ficant change in the circumstances that had led to the certifi- 

 cation. He advised the President that he therefore was preparing 

 recommendations for further sanctions to encourage Japan to 

 embrace the IWC conservation program. In the winter of 1988- 

 1989, Japan took 241 minke whales in the Antarctic. In consid- 

 eration of the death of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito and subse- 

 quent reorganization within the Japanese Government, the United 

 States did not pursue the issue of sanctions early in 1989. 



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