19. Infractions
(from "Chairman's Report of the Fifteenth Meeting")
The Infractions Sub-Committee reported to the Technical Committee that there
had been a reduction in the total infractions in the Antarctic but a slight
increase outside.
The Sub-Committee also referred to the use of whales for scientific purposes,
a subject dealt with more fully in paragraph 17 of this report.
It recommended that Contracting Governments should be reminded of the
provisions of Article VIII of the Convention which require them to notify the
Commission at once of the granting of special permits for the taking of whales
for scientific research.
The Technical Committee endorsee the views of its Sub-Committee and the report
of the former was adopted by the Commission.
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