× 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 whaling under Special Permit in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary Document type Resolution Reference number 2000-4 Date Jul 3, 2000 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Adopted Subject Wild species & ecosystems, Sea Treaty International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Dec 2, 1946) Meeting 52nd Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC52) Website crm.iwc.int Abstract WC Resolution 2000-4 Resolution on whaling under Special Permit in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary NOTING that since the 51st meeting in May 1999, the Government of Japan has issued special permits, under the provisions of Article VIII of the Convention, for lethal scientific research on minke whales in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. NOTING also that the Scientific Committee this year considered all estimates of Southern Hemisphere minke whale population sizes which have been made available since 1990, and concluded that these estimates were “appreciably lower” than the estimate of 760,000 accepted by the Scientific Committee in 1990. NOTING further that the Scientific Committee this year recommends that “minke whale” should be listed as two species in Section 1 of the Schedule to the Convention. RECOGNISING that the Commission has agreed on the urgent need for the Scientific Committee to proceed with the planned review of the estimates of population sizes of minke whales, including development of agreed estimates, prior to seeking advice from the Commission on how to assess the impacts of JARPA on these stocks NOW THEREFORE THE COMMISSION REQUESTS that the Government of Japan refrains from issuing any Special Permits for the 2000/2001 season for the take of minke whales in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary.