15. Killing of Blue whales between the Equator and 40° South Latitude

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



Arising from the decision reached at the Eighteenth Meeting it was agreed unanimously on the proposal of the Chairman of the Technical Committee, seconded by the Commissioners for Argentina and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, that paragraph 6(3) of the Schedule be amended to read:

"It is forbidden to kill or attempt to kill blue whales in the waters south of the equator."

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