19. Infractions
(from "Chairman's Report of the Twenty-Second Meeting")
The Technical Committee appointed a sub-committee to consider the details of
the infractions of the Convention as reported by the whaling countries.
The Sub-Committee reported a slight increase in the number of infractions
expressed as a percentage of the total catch and that the percentage for sperm
whales continued to be higher than that for baleen whales.
The Sub-committee did not consider a specific recommendation was warranted but
pointed to the continuing need for each whaling nation to enforce measures
designed to keep infractions to a minimum.
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