§ 49. Sir John Hallasked 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. BishopThe 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.