Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934. Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Legislation Date 1934 (1978) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to enable effect to be given to a Convention for the regulation of Whaling, signed at Geneva on behalf of His Majesty on the twenty-fourth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-one; to prohibit the taking or treating of whales within coastal waters of the United kingdom; and for purposes conncetd with the matters aforesaid. Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Marine mammals Hunting authorization/permit Offences/penalties Protection of species Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Act gives effect to the Geneva Whaling Convention of 1931. The Act applies only in relation of whalebone whales and baleen whales (sect. 1). Sections 4, 5 and 6 provide for licencing of whaling ships and whale-oil factories and conditions attached to a licence. (19 sections, 1 Schedule) Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implemented by Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act (Newfoundland, Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories) Order, 1936 (Cap. 242). Legislation | Bahamas | 1936 Keyword: Marine mammals, Hunting authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Fisheries Act 1981 (Chapter 29). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1981 (2018) Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Institution, Tax/levy, Special fund, Subsidy/incentive, Size, Transshipment, Enforcement/compliance, Policy/planning, Marine mammals, Fishery management and conservation, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX