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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



International (Contd.): 



Verde," will be held in Madrid, Spain, during 

 the second half of June 1967, according to an 

 announcement by the Secretary General of the 

 International Council for the Exploration of 

 the Sea (ICES). The exact date as well as the 

 detailed program will be decided by the Coun- 

 cil at its meeting in October 1966. Although 

 the symposium will be held under the aus- 

 pices of ICES, non-member countries, inter- 

 national organizations which may be inter- 

 ested, and persons or institutions interested 

 will be welcome to take part by sending guests 

 who may present papers and take part in dis- 

 cussions on an equal footing with participants 

 from member countries. 



A preliminary program has been set up by 

 the Convener, Mr. R. Letaconnoux of France, 

 based upon about 65 papers which have al- 

 ready been announced. An outline of the pre- 

 liminary program, with the preliminary num- 

 ber of papers shown in parentheses, isasfol- 

 lows : 



I. Faunistics 



1. General (3) 



2. Fishes (4) 



3. Crustacea and molluscs (4) 



4. Algae (2) 



II. Biology and Ecology 



1. Fishes in general (3) 

 Clupeides (2) 

 Scombirformes (6) 

 Sparidae (4) 



Scianides, flatfishes, scor- 



penides and triglides(4) 

 Crustacea (1) 

 Cephalopodes (3) 



2. Food (1) 



3. Taggings (1) 



III. Exploitation (7) 



IV, Production (11) 



V. Environment (hydrography, 

 productivity etc.) (11) 



VI. Geology (1) 



It is expected that also to be discussed 

 will be the future collection of statistics from 

 the area. Persons or institutions interested 

 in presenting papers or otherwise partici- 

 pating in or attending the symposium, should 



write to the Convener: Monsieur R. Letacon- 

 nox. Chef du Service d'Oceanographie et des 

 Peches Maritimes, 59 Avenue Raymond -Poin- 

 care, Paris XVle, France. (Fisheries At- 

 tache, United States Embassy, Copenhagen, 

 July 13, 1966.) 



INTERNATIONAL WHAUNG COMMISSION 



EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING: 



The International Whaling Commission 

 held its 18th annual meeting in London, June 

 27-July 1, 1966, preceded by 10 days of com- 

 mittee meetings. 



Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere : The 

 International Whaling Commission decided 

 that the recominended pelagic catch limit for 

 the 1966/67 Antarctic season should be re- 

 duced from 4,500 to. 3,500 blue-whale units. 

 It also confirmed the decision taken at the 

 17th meeting last year that the total catch for 

 the 1967/68 season should be less than the 

 "combined sustainable yields of the fin and 

 sei whale stocks as determined on the basis 

 of more precise scientific evidence." 



In a further effort to preserve the world's 

 whales. Commission member countries with 

 land stations in the Southern Hemisphere a- 

 greed that a complete ban should be imposed 

 on killing blue whales in the Southern Hemis- 

 phere instead of the present prohibition only 

 in waters south of 40° S. latitude. 



It was noted that Peru and Chile take 

 whales from land stations, although they are 

 not members of the International Whaling 

 Commission. The cooperation of those coun- 

 tries will be requested. 



North Pacific : The 5 -year ban on killing 

 blue whales in the North Pacific was reaf- 

 firmed and the humpback whale prohibition 

 was extended through 19 67. It was agreed 

 that there was no need at present to recom- 

 mend further regulations on killing sei or 

 sperm whales in the North Pacific. It was 

 agreed, also, that the North Pacific catch of 

 fin whales should be brought below the esti- 

 mated sustainable yield by 1969, but the Com- 

 mission took no action on this proposal be- 

 cause the North Pacific member nations 

 could not agree upon a method of reaching 

 this objective. 



Whale Quota Allocation , 1966/67: The al- 

 location of the 3,500 Antarctic blue -whale 

 units in 1966/67 among participating coun- 

 tries is outside the powers of the Commission. 



