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be declared for each factory ship and the whale catchers attached 

 thereto. 



(d) Each Contracting Government shall declare for all factory ships 

 and whale catchers attached thereto under its jurisdiction one contin- 

 ues open season not to exceed six months out of any period of twelve 

 months during which the taking or killing of minke whales by the 

 whale catchers may be permitted. 



Provided that : 



(i) a separate open season may be declared for each factory 

 ship and the whale catchers attached therto ; 



(ii) the open season need not necessarily include the whole or 

 any part of the period declared for other baleen whales pursuant 

 to subparagraph (a) of this paragraph. 



(e) Each Contracting Government shall declare for all whale catch- 

 ers under its jurisdiction not operating in conjunction with a factory 

 ship or land station one continuous open season not to exceed six 

 months out of any period of twelve months during which the taking or 

 killing of minke whales by such whale catchers may be permitted. Not- 

 withstanding this paragraph one continuous open season not to exceed 

 eight months may be implemented so far as Greenland is concerned. 



8. — (a) The number of baleen whales taken during the open season 

 in waters south of 40° South Latitude by factory ships or whale catch- 

 ers attached thereto under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Govern- 

 ments shall not exceed 1,950 fin whales, 5,000 sei and Bryde's whales 

 combined and 5,000 minke whales in 1972/73. 



(h) Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions of 

 Article VII of the Convention, within two days after the end of each 

 calendar week, of data on the number of fin, sei, Bryde's and minke 

 whales taken in any waters south of 40° South Latitude by all factory 

 ships or whale catchers attached thereto under the jurisdiction of each 

 Contracting Government, provided that when the number of each of 

 these species taken is deemed by the Bureau of International Whaling 

 Statistics to have reached 85 per cent of whatever total catch limit is 

 imposed by the Commission notification shall be given as aforesaid at 

 the end of each day of data on the number of each of these species 

 taken. 



(c) If it appears that the maximum catches of whales permitted by 

 sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be reached before 7th April 

 of any year, the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics shall de- 

 termine, on the basis of the data provided, the date on which the maxi- 

 mum catch of each of these species shall be deemed to have been 

 reached and shall notify the master of each factory shijj and each Con- 

 tracting Government of that date not less than four days in advance 

 thereof. The taking or attempting to take baleen whales, so notified, by 

 factory ships or whale catchers attached thereto shall be illegal in any 

 waters south of 40° South Latitude after midnight of the date so 

 determined. 



(d) Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions of 

 Article VII of the Convention of each factory ship intending to engage 

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



(e) The number of fin whales taken in the North Pacific Ocean and 

 dependent waters excluding the catch in the East China Sea shall not 

 exceed 650 in 1973. 



