18. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER SCHEME - SUMMARY OF REPORTS (1975)

18. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER SCHEME - SUMMARY OF REPORTS

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

Infractions
A sub-committee of the Technical Committee was appointed to examine these reports. It reported that the position revealed by the observers was satisfactory and agreed that the Observer Scheme had been implemented smoothly and had been of great assistance to all countries concerned, minimising misunderstandings some of which had been covered by changes in the Schedule.

On infractions, the sub-committee reviewed the individual infractions with the observers' reports. It found the situation satisfactory and did not make any recommendation to the Technical Committee. The Committee noted the position with regard to lactating whale infractions which could be expected to be remedied by the amendments to the Schedule accepted at this meeting to deal with the problem.