Taking into account the views of the Scientific Committee 

 and the comments of Iceland's representatives at the meeting, the 

 IWC adopted a Resolution calling upon Iceland to reconsider its 

 proposed take of 80 fin whales in 1989. Following the vote on 

 the Resolution, Iceland's representative announced that, after 

 reconsideration, it had decided to issue a special permit to take 

 no more than 68 fin whales. 



With respect to other proposed scientific research programs 

 considered at the 1989 meeting, Japan submitted a proposal to 

 kill 400 minke whales in Area 4 of the Southern Hemisphere, and 

 Norway proposed killing 20 minke whales in the eastern North 

 Atlantic Ocean off Norway. The IWC adopted Resolutions on both 

 the Japanese and Norwegian research proposals by votes of 16 to 6 

 (8 abstaining) and 15 to 6 (6 abstaining) , respectively. Both 

 Resolutions expressed the view that the proposed research did not 

 fully satisfy criteria set forth in earlier IWC Resolutions on 

 scientific research programs and invited the sponsoring 

 governments to reconsider their research programs. (As noted 

 below, Japan submitted a revised proposal to the IWC in October 

 1989.) 



Finance and Administration — The IWC faces a critical 

 financial situation. In recent years, a number of contracting 

 governments have either not paid or only partially paid their 

 required dues, leaving substantial shortfalls after operational 

 expenses. In the past, the IWC has drawn on reserves in its 

 General Fund to cover the shortfalls. Doing so in 1989, however, 

 would have reduced the fund to a dangerously low level and would 

 have risked insolvency by May 1990. 



To avert insolvency in 1990 and carry out the large number 

 of activities critically needed in the coming year, the IWC 

 adopted a budget for 1989-1990 that departed from its typical 

 budget. Among other things, the adopted budget substantially 

 increased members' contributions, set expenditures at levels 

 considered to be minimal, and precluded the possibility of 

 funding further scientific research or rebuilding the General 

 Fund. 



Small Cetaceans — Although the Whaling Convention does not 

 explicitly mention small cetaceans, and some members believe that 

 the IWC has no authority to make recommendations regarding their 

 management, the IWC Scientific Committee has established a small 

 cetacean subcommittee to gather and review information concerning 

 the conservation of these species. 



At the 1989 meeting, information was presented by repre- 

 sentatives of Japan on the take of Dall's porpoise in the 

 Japanese hand-harpoon fishery. The Committee was advised that 

 the take in this fishery increased from about 13 , 000 porpoise in 

 1987 to about 39,000 porpoise in 1988. It was noted that this 



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