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(d) If it should appear that the maximum catch of whales per- 

 mitted by subparagraph (a) of this paragraph may be reached before 

 April 1 of any year, the Commission, or such other body as the Com- 

 mission may designate, shall determine, on the basis of the data pro- 

 vided, the date on which the maximum catch of whales shall be deemed 

 to have been reached and shall notify each Contracting Government of 

 that date not less than two weeks in advance thereof. The taking of 

 baleen whales by whale catchers attached to factory ships shall be il- 

 legal in any waters south of 40° South Latitude after the date so deter- 

 mined. 



(e) Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions 

 of Article VII of the Convention of each factory ship intending to en- 

 gage in whaling operations in any waters south of 40° South Latitude. 



9. It is forbidden to lake or kill any blue, fin, sei, humpback, or 

 sperm whales below the following lengths : 



(a) blue whales 70 feet (21.3 meters) 



(b) fin whales 55 feet (16.8 meters) 



(c) sei whales 40 feet (12.2 meters) 



(d) humpback whales 35 feet (10.7 meters) 



(e) sperm whales 35 feet (10.7 meters) 



except that blue whales of not less than 65 feet (19.8 meters), fin 

 whales of not less than 50 feet (15.2 meters), and sei whales of not 

 less tlian 35 feet (10.7 meters) in length may be taken for delivery to 

 land stations provided that the meat of such whales is to be used for 

 local consumption as human or animal food. 



Whales must be measured when at rest on deck or platform, as 

 accurately as possible by means of a steel tape measure fitted at the 

 zero end with a spiked handle which can be stuck into the deck plank- 

 ing abreast of one end of the whale. The tape measure shall be 

 stretched in a straight line parallel with the whale's body and read 

 abreast the other end of the whale. The ends of the whale, for 

 measurement purposes, shall be the point of the upper jaw and the 

 notch between the tail flukes. Measurements, after being accurately 

 read on the tape measure, shall be logged to the nearest foot : that is 

 to say, any whale between 75'6" and 76'6" shall be logged as 76', 

 and any whale between 76'6" and 77'6" shall be logged as 77'. 

 The measurement of any whale which falls on an exact half foot shall 

 be logged at the next half foot, e.g. 76'6" precisely, shall be logged 

 as 77'. 



10. It is forbidden to use a land station or a whale catcher attached 

 thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen whales in any 

 area or in any waters for more than six months in any period of twelve 

 months, such period of six months to be continuous. 



11. It is forbidden to use a factory ship, which has been used during 

 a season in any waters south of 40° South Latitude for the purpose 

 of treating baleen whales, in any other area for the same purpose 

 within a period of one year from the termination of that season. 



12. (a) All whales taken shall be delivered to the factory ship or 

 land station and all parts of such whales shall be processed by boil- 

 ing or otherwise, except the internal organs, whale bone and flippers 

 of all whales, the meat of sperm whales and of parts of whales in- 

 tended for human food or feeding animals. 



