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(2) On the west coast of French Africa 



(3) On the coasts of Australia, namely on the whole east coast 

 and on the west coast in the area known as Shark Bay and north- 

 ward to Northw'est Cape and including Exmouth Gulf and King 

 George's Sound, including the Port of Albany ^ 



(4) On the Pacific coast of the United States of America be- 

 tween 35° North Latitude and 49° North Latitude. 



18. — (1) The following expressions have the meanings respectively 

 assigned to them, that is to say : 



"Baleen whale" means any whale which has baleen or whale bone in 

 the mouth, i.e. any whale other than a toothed whale. 



"Blue whale" {B alaenoptera or Sibhaldus musculus) means any 

 whale known by the name of blue w^hale, Sibbald's rorqual, or sulphur 

 bottom. 



"Bryde's whale" {B alaenoptera edeni or hrydei) means any whale 

 known by the name of "Bryde's whale." 



"Dauhval" means any unclaimed dead whale found floating. 



"Fin whale" {Balaenoptera physalus) means any whale known by 

 the name of common finback, common rorqual, finback, finner, fin- 

 whale, herring whale, razorback, or true fin whale. 



"Gray whale" {Rhachianectes glaucus) means any w^hale known by 

 the name of gray whale, California gray, devil fish, hard head, mussel 

 digger, gray back or rip sack. 



"Humpback whale" {Megaptera nodosa or novaeangliae) means any 

 whale known by the name of bunch, humpback, humpback whale, 

 humpbacked whale, hump whale or hunchbacked whale. 



"Minke whale" {B alaenoptera acutorostrata., B. Davidoni^ B. hut- 

 toni) means any whale known by the name of lesser rorqual, little 

 piked whale, minke whale, pike-headed whale or sharp headed finner. 



"Right Whale" {Balaena mysticetus., Eubalaena glacialis., E. aus- 

 tralis., etc.; Neohalaena marginata) means any whale known by the 

 name of Atlantic right whale, Arctic right whale, Biscayan right 

 whale, bowhead, great polar whale, Greenland right whale, Green- 

 land whale, Nordkaper, North Atlantic right whale. North Cape 

 whale, Pacific right whale, pygmy right whale. Southern pygmy right 

 whale or Southern right whale. 



"Sei whale" {B alaenoptera borealis) means any whale known by 

 the name of sei whale, Rudolphi's rorqual, pollack whale, or coalfish 

 whale. 



"Sperm whale" {Physeter catodon) means any whale known by 

 the name of sperm whale, spermacet whale, cachalot or pot whale. 



"Toothed whale" means any whale which has teeth in the jaws. 



(2) "Whales taken" means whales that have been killed and either 

 flagged or made fast to catchers. 



Note: Paragraph 17 (a), (6) and (c)(1) to (3) was inserted by the Commission at its 

 first meeting in 1949, and came into force on 11th January. 1950, as regards all Contracting 

 Governments except France, who therefore remain bound by the provisions of the original 

 paragraph 17, which reads as follows : 



17. Notwithstanding the definition of land station contained in Article II of the Conven- 

 tion, a factory ship operating under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Government, and the 

 movements of which are confined solely to the territorial waters of that Government, shall 

 be subject to the regulations governing the operation of land stations, within the following 

 areas : 



(a) on the coast of Madagascar and its dependencies, and on the west coasts of French 

 Africa ; 



(b) on the west coast of Australia In the area known as Shark Bay and northward to 

 North-west Cape and including Exmouth Gulf and King George's Sound, Including the port 

 of Albany ; and on the east coast of Australia, in Twofold Bay and Jervis Bay. 



Paragraph 17 (c) (4) was Inserted by the Commission at its eleventh meeting In 1959 

 and came Into force on 5th October, 1959 as regards all Contracting Governments. 



^ See note above. 



