× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Resolution On Total Catches Over Time Document type Resolution Reference number 1998-2 Date May 16, 1998 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Adopted Subject Wild species & ecosystems, Sea Treaty International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Dec 2, 1946) Meeting 50th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC50) Website crm.iwc.int Abstract RECALLING that one of the remaining elements of the Revised Management Scheme to be completed consists of “arrangements to ensure that total catches over time are within limits set under the RMS” (IWC Resolution 1996-6); FURTHER RECALLING the general agreement in the 1997 RMS Working Group that “in setting catch limits the Commission should, as far as possible, use the CLA [Catch Limit Algorithm] to determine the allowable removal and then take account of all known human–induced mortalities including aboriginal subsistence whaling, scientific whaling, whaling outside the IWC, bycatches, ship strikes and other non-natural removals” (Rep. int.Whal.Commn 49: item 12.1.2); NOW THEREFORE THE COMMISSION: AGREES that the catch limits calculated by the Scientific Committee in accordance with the Revised Management Procedure as part of an agreed Revised Management Scheme represent the total allowable removal; FURTHER AGREES that catch limits for commercial purposes for any species of whale in any region shall be calculated by deducting all human-induced mortalities that are known or can be reasonably estimated, other than commercial catches, from the total allowable removal; REQUESTS the Scientific Committee to provide advice in this regard for the Commission's consideration for inclusion in the Revised Management Scheme.