HC Deb 29 January 1976 vol 904 c297W
49. Sir John Hall

asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the quota for sperm whales for 1976 has yet been announced; and on what date the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission is meeting to consider data and population calculations relating to the sperm whale.

Mr. Bishop

The International Whaling Commission will announce its recommended catch limits for sperm whales for the 1976–77 whaling season following its Twenty-Eighth Annual meeting in June 1976. The Commission's Scientific Committee, which is to meet in La Jolla, California, from 16th-25th March 1976, will be considering sperm whale data and population calculations.

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