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 52 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-REGULATION OF WHALING-JUNE 8, 1937 14til ARTICLE 4. It is forbidden to take or kill Grey Whales and/or Right Whales. Pibitiotsgrey or right whales. ARTICLE 5. It is forbidden to take or kill any Blue, Fin, Humpback or Sperm of specified lengths. whales below the following lengths, viz.:- (a) Blue whales ........................ 70 feet. (b) Fin whales ........................ 55 feet. (c) Humpback whales ................. 35 feet. (d) Sperm whales .................... 35 feet. ARTICLE 6. It is forbidden to take or kill calves, or suckling whales or female whales which are accompanied by calves or suckling whales. ARTICLE 7. It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen whales in any waters south of 40° South Latitude, except during the period from the 8th day of December to the 7th day of March following, both days inclusive, provided that in the whaling season 1937-38 the period shall extend to the 15th day of March, 1938, inclusive. AITICLE 8. It is forbidden to use a land station or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating whales in any area or in any waters for more than six months in any period of twelve months, such period of six months to be continuous. ARTICLE 9. Use of land station, etc.,for taking whales; time limitation. It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached Baleen whales thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen whales in any of the following areas, viz.: - (a) in the Atlantic Ocean north of 40° South Latitude and in the Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and Greenland Sea; (6) in the Pacific Ocean east of 150° West Longitude between 40° South Latitude and 35° North Latitude; (c) in the Pacific Ocean west of 150° West Longitude between 40° South Latitude and 20° North Latitude; (d) in the Indian Ocean north of 40° South Latitude. ARTICLE 10. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, any contracting Government may grant to any of its nationals a special permit authorising that national to kill, take and treat whales for purposes of scientific research subject to such restrictions as to number and subject to such other conditions as the contracting Government thinks fit, and the killing, taking and treating of whales Special permits to nationals for scientific purposes. Calves, suckling or female whales. Baleen whales.

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