September 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



39 



International (Contd.): 



Fig, 1 - Japanese catcher boat towing a whale. 



Quotas were discussed by Japan, Norway, the 

 Soviet Union, and Great Britain, but no agree- 

 ment was reached. The discussions were to 

 be resumed in Tokyo. 



Whale Catch and Oil Production , 1965/66 : 

 In the 1965/66 Antarctic season, 5 Japanese, 

 3 Soviet, and 2 Norwegian expeditions oper- 

 ated and caught a total of 1 blue, 2,318 fin, 1 

 humpback, and 17,583 sei whales amounting 

 to a total of 4,091 blue-whale units. Those 

 expeditions also caught 4,583 sperm whales 

 in the Antarctic. In the previous season, 15 

 Antarctic expeditions caught the equivalent 

 of 6,986 blue-whale units and 4,211 sperm 

 whales. 



Fig. 2 - Flensing a spenn whale aboard a Japanese whaling fac- 

 tory ship. 



The total Antarctic production of the 1965/66 

 season was reported to be 678,708 barrels (a 

 barrel equals one-sixth of a ton) ofbaleenand 

 sperm oil; in 19 64/65 production was 1,017,611 

 barrels. 



Fig. 3 - Cubing whale blubber strips on the foredeck of a Japan- 

 ese whaling factoryship. 



Outside the Antarctic, 26 land stations and 

 seven factoryships operated in 1965 and took 

 a total of 29,736 whales (593 blue, 4,506 fin, 

 452 humpback, 4,924 sei, 18,964 sperm, and 

 297 other species). On their way to and from 

 the Antarctic, the pelagic expeditions caught 

 2,219 sperm whales to bring the total catch 

 outside the Antarctic to 31,955 whales which 

 yielded an oil production of 929,194 barrels. 

 In 1964 the catch was 33,059 whales and the 

 production was 887,722 barrels. 



Fig. 4 - Soviet whale factoryship in western Gulf of Alaska. 



W. C. Tame of Great Britain was elected 

 Chairman of the International Whaling Com- 

 mission for the next three years. The Vice- 

 Chairman is Fujita of Japan. ( Fishing News , 

 London, July 8, 1966, and oth e r source s7) 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , Sept, 1965 p, 53. 

 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION 



COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES 

 HOLDS FIRST MEETING: 



Improvement of international cooperation 

 in fisheries was given top priority by the 

 newly formed Food and Agriculture Organiza- 

 tion (FAO) Committee on Fisheries, which 

 held its first session in Rome from June 13- 

 18, 1966. 



Other priority problems identified by the 

 Committee and noted for early consideration 



