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(h) Each Contracting Government shall declare for all land sta- 

 tions under its jurisdiction, and whole catches attached to such land 

 stations, one open season during which the taking or killing ot baleen 

 (excluding minke) whales by the whale catchers shall be permitted. 

 Such open season shall be for a period of not more than six coiisecu- 

 tive months in any period of twelve months and shall apply to all land 

 stations under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Government; pro- 

 vided that a separate open season may be declared for any land station 

 used for the taking or treating of baleen (excluding miiike) whales 

 which is more than 1,000 miles from the nearest land station used 

 for the taking or treating of baleen (excluding minke) whales under 

 the jurisdiction of the same Contracting Government. 



(c) Each Contracting Government* shall declare for all land sta- 

 tions under its jurisdiction and for whale catchers attached to such 

 land stations, one open season not to exceed eight continuous months 

 in any one period of twelve months, during which the taking or kill- 

 ing of sperm whales by the whale catchers shall be permitted, such 

 period of eight months to include the whole of the period of six 

 months declared for baleen whales (excluding minke whales) as pro- 

 vided for in sub-paragraph (&) of this paragraph; provided that a 

 separate open season may be declared for any land station used for the 

 taking or treating of sperm whales which is more than 1,000 miles from 

 the nearest land station used for the taking or treating of sperm 

 whales under the jurisdiction of the Same Contracting Government. 



(d) Each Contracting Government shall declare for all land sta- 

 tions under its jurisdiction and for whale catchers attached to such 

 land stations one open season not to exceed six continuous months in 

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

 minke whales by the whale catchers shall be permitted (such period' 

 not being necessarily concurrent with the period declared for other 

 baleen whales, as provided for in subparagraph (5) of this para- 

 graph) ; provided that a separate open season may be declared for any 

 land station used for the taking or treating of minke whales which is 

 more than 1,000 miles from the nearest land station used for the tak- 

 ing or treating of minke whales under the jurisdiction of the same 

 Contracting Government. 



Except that a separate open season may be declared for any land 

 station used for the taking or treating of minke whales which is lo- 

 cated in an area having oceanographic conditions clearly distinguish- 

 able from those of the area in which are located the other land stations 

 used for the taking or treating of minke whales under the jurisdic- 

 tion of the same (Contracting Government; but the declaration of a 

 separate open season by virtue of the provisions of this sub-paragraph 

 shall not cause thereby the period of time covering the open seasons 

 declared by the feame Contracting Government to exceed nine con- 

 tinuous months of any twelve months. 



(e) The prohibitions contained in this paragraph shall apply to all 

 land stations as defined in Article II of the Whaling Convention of 



* Note: This sub-paragraph 10(c) came into force as from 21st February, 1952, in respect 

 of all Contracting Governments, except the Commonwealth of Australia, who lodged an 

 objection to it within the prescribed period, and this objection was not withdrawn. The 

 provisions of this sub-paragraph are not therefore binding on the Commonwealth of Aus- 

 tralia. 



