14. COMMISSION'S COMPETENCE TO SET CATCH LIMITS FOR BAIRD'S BEAKED WHALE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC

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



The Chairman of the Technical Committee recalled that this subject had been discussed in the Commission for several years but no new elements had been introduced. In the absence of discussion at the present session it was agreed to retain the item on the agenda for next year.

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