(from "Chairman's Report of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting")

(1)

The northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus should have continued provisional classification as a Protection Stock for the entire North Atlantic.

(2)

The bottlenose whale research programme as recommended at the 1977 meeting (Rep. int. Whal. Commn 28: 66) should be carried out with emphasis on sightings and marking.

(3)

Catch statistics on the incidental kill of small cetaceans in the international purse seine fishery by vessels of IWC member nations (Panama, Mexico, Canada and France) should again be requested. Canada reported that it has an observer programme arranged for 1978 to monitor its small catch associated with tuna fishing in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

(4)

Research by member nations into competition between small cetaceans and fishermen should be encouraged. Reports should be sent to the Secretary of the Commission.

(5)

Attention should be drawn to the Scientific Committee's recommendation on the management of small cetaceans at the 1976 meeting (Rep. int. Whal. Commn 27: 49, 480) that there is an urgent need for all international body to effectively manage stocks of all cetaceans not covered by the present IWC Schedule.

(6)

Statistics and data (as outlined in Rep. int. Whal. Commn 27: 480-1) on all types of small cetacean fisheries (including direct, incidental and live capture) should be submitted to the IWC as part of the national scientific progress reports, to be reviewed by the small cetaceans sub-committee of the Scientific Committee and forwarded to the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics. The USA reminded the Commission that it had adopted a Resolution at the 29th Annual Meeting covering some of these requirements (Rep. int. Whal. Commn 28: 30).

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