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1946 and to all factory ships which are subject to the regulations gov- 

 erning the operation of land stations under the provisions of paragraph 

 17 of this Schedule. 



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, apart from minke whales in any other area ex- 

 cept the North Pacific Ocean and its dependent waters north of the 

 Equator for the same purpose within a period of one year from the 

 termination of that season; provided that catch limits in the North 

 Pacific Ocean and dependent waters are established as provided in 

 paragraph 8(e) and (f) and provided that this paragraph shall not 

 apply to a ship which has been used during the season solely for freez- 

 ing or salting the meat and entrails of whales intended for human food 

 or feeding animals. 



12. — {a) It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a land station for 

 the purpose of treating any whales (whether or not killed by whale 

 catchers under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Government) the kill- 

 ing of which by whale catchers under the jurisdiction of a Contract- 

 ing Government is prohibited by the provisions of paragraphs 2, 4, 

 6, 7, 8 or 10 of this Schedule. 



(&) All other Avhales (except minke whales) taken shall be delivered 

 to the factory ship or land station and all parts of such whales shall be 

 processed by boiling or otherwise, except the internal organs, whale 

 bone and flippers of all whales, the meat of sperm whales and of parts 

 of whales intended for human food or feeding animals. A contracting 

 Government may in less developed regions exceptionally permit treat- 

 ing of whales without use of land stations, provided that such whales 

 are fully utilised in accordance with this paragraph. 



{c) Complete treatment of the carcases of "dauhval" and of whales 

 used as fenders will not be required in cases where the meat or bone of 

 such whales is in bad condition. 



13. — («) The taking of whales for treatment by a factory ship shall 

 be so regulated or restricted by the master or person in charge of the 

 factory ship that no w^hale carcase (except of a whale used as a fender, 

 which shall be processed as soon as is reasonably practicable) shall 

 remain in the sea for a longer period than thirty-three hours from the 

 time of killing to the time when it is hauled up for treatment. 



(5) Wliales taken by all whale catchers, whether for factory ships 

 or land stations, shall be clearly marked so as to identify the catcher 

 and to indicate the order of catching. 



{c) All whale catchers operating in conjunction with a factory ship 

 shall report by radio to the factory ship : 



( 1 ) The time when each whale is taken 



(2) Its species, and 



(3) Its marking effected pursuant to sub-paragraph (&) of this 

 paragraph. 



{d) The information specified in sub-paragraph (c) of this para- 

 graph shall be entered immediately by a factory ship in a permanent 

 record which shall be available at all times for examination by the 

 whaling inspectors ; and in addition there shall be entered in such per- 

 manent record the following information as soon as it becomes 

 available : 



(1) Time of hauling up for treatment 



