10. Minke Whale Stock in the Antarctic (1971)

10. Minke Whale Stock in the Antarctic

(from "Chairman's Report of the Twenty-Third Meeting")

The Scientific Committee reported that preliminary estimates of population size and maximum sustainable yield of minke whales in the Antarctic were 150,000-200,000 and 5,000 respectively and that the stock is essentially unexploited. The Commission accepted the Technical Committee's recommendation that a careful watch should be kept on the level of catches of this species.