15. CETACEAN BEHAVIOUR, INTELLIGENCE AND THE ETHICS OF KILLING CETACEANS (1979)

15. CETACEAN BEHAVIOUR, INTELLIGENCE AND THE ETHICS OF KILLING CETACEANS

(from "Chairman's Report of the Thirty-First Annual Meeting")

The Scientific Committee endorsed its proposal of last year which indicated that a meeting on behavioural studies would provide conclusions of value in developing the Commission's management strategies and would also assist the Commission in the discussion of ethical aspects in whaling.

The Technical Committee recommended that the meeting be a two-stage activity: a scientific workshop followed by a discussion of the broader implications of the subject. The USA offered to investigate the possibility that its government would host such a meeting before the Commission's next Annual Meeting.

The Commission adopted a proposal (Appendix 5) for the organisation of this meeting.