11. Protection of Humpback Whales (1965)

11. Protection of Humpback Whales

(from "Chairman's Report of the Seventeenth Meeting")

There was unanimous agreement that it should be forbidden to kill or attempt to kill humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean and its dependent waters north of the equator for the 1966 season pending further assessments. The resolution was moved by the Commissioner for Australia and seconded by the Commissioner for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.