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Resolution 195-2

Document type
Resolution
Reference number
1995-5
Date
May 29, 1995
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Adopted
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems, Sea
Treaty
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Dec 2, 1946)
Meeting
47th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC47)
Website
crm.iwc.int
Abstract

The International Whaling Commission,

AWARE that the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling provides that the Commission may amend the provisions of the Schedule with a view to types and specifications of gear and apparatus and appliances which may be used in whaling operations (Article V.1(f));

RECALLING that at its 46th Annual Meeting the Commission agreed to reconvene the Workshop on Whale Killing Methods, and also adopted a Resolution on the Use of the Electric Lance as a Secondary Method of Killing Whales which noted difficulties with its application;

COMMENDING this year's Workshop on Whale Killing Methods for its work; COMMENDING Contracting Governments for their co-operative attitude and for submitting relevant papers for discussion;

NOTING that information presented to the Workshop strongly suggests that the electric lance does not cause instantaneous insensibility; and also that alternative secondary killing methods are available;

NOW THEREFORE The Commission

AGREES that the Action Plan recommended by the Workshop provides a basis for further work on whale killing methods;

CALLS upon the Contracting Governments to examine all the data presented at the Workshop, together with any other information that may become available, on secondary killing methods;

RESOLVES to reconsider the question of introducing a Schedule amendment on the electric lance at its 1996 meeting with a view to reaching a decision;

URGES the Contracting Governments, in the meantime, to suspend the use of the electric lance as a method of killing whales