increase may have been prompted by the diminished access to large 

 whales after Japan suspended commercial whaling in coastal waters 

 in 1988. The fishery appears to involve at least two stocks of 

 Dall's porpoise whose combined size is estimated to be about 

 105,000 animals. 



In its report to the IWC, the Scientific Committee indicated 

 that it considered it urgent that the catch be reduced at least 

 to the levels of previous years and that assessments of the 

 status of those stocks be carried out to determine safe levels of 

 catch for each stock. The Scientific Committee requested that 

 catch data be collected and reported on a stock-by-stock basis. 

 It also requested that the Republic of Korea be asked to provide 

 data to the IWC on the by-catch of Dall's porpoise (and other 

 cetaceans) taken in its squid gillnet (i.e., driftnet) fishery. 



Post-Meeting Activities 



Scientific Research Permits — At its 1987 meeting, the IWC 

 adopted a Resolution on scientific research programs offered by 

 the United States and five co-sponsors. The Resolution: 

 (1) asks the IWC Scientific Committee to review proposed research 

 programs that involve the killing of whales to determine, among 

 other things, if they will provide information necessary to 

 assess the status of affected whale stocks; (2) sets forth 

 criteria to be met by the research; and (3) calls upon IWC 

 members to refrain from issuing or to revoke permits for research 

 that the IWC, taking into account the views of its Scientific 

 Committee, finds inconsistent with those criteria. 



The United States has considered failure to follow advice 

 adopted by the IWC in the form of a resolution to be grounds for 

 certification under two provisions of domestic U.S. law, the 

 Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act and the 

 Packwood-Magnuson Amendment to the Magnuson Fisheries 

 Conservation and Management Act. 



The two amendments require the Secretary of Commerce to 

 notify the President if he determines that foreign nationals are 

 conducting fishing operations, including whaling, in a manner 

 that diminishes the effectiveness of an international fishery 

 conservation program. Certification under the Packwood-Magnuson 

 Amendment mandates an immediate 50 percent reduction in the 

 offending nation's fishery allocation from U.S. waters. Under 

 the Pelly Amendment, the President has discretion to impose 

 additional economic sanctions by restricting imports of fishery 

 products into the United States from the certified nation. As a 

 result of actions taken at the 1989 IWC meeting, certification 

 under these domestic laws was considered, as discussed below. 



Iceland — As noted above, Iceland's delegation submitted a 

 whale research program for review at the 1989 IWC meeting and the 



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