Regulation 2
For the purpose of section 3 of the principal Act, whales of the undermentioned species shall be deemed to be immature if they are of less than the lengths set out below in relation to each species, that is to say:—
Blue Whale, 70 feet;
Fin Whale, 55 feet in the Northern Hemisphere and 57 feet in the Southern Hemisphere;
Sei Whale, 40 feet;
Humpback Whale, 35 feet;
Sperm Whale, 38 feet;
Provided that where Blue Whales, Fin Whales or Sei Whales are taken for delivery to a land station and the meat of such whales is intended to be used for local consumption as human or animal food, the lengths shall be respectively as follows, that is to say:—
Blue Whale, 65 feet;
Fin Whale, 50 feet in the Northern Hemisphere and 55 feet in the Southern Hemisphere;
Sei Whale, 35 feet;
Provided also that where sperm whales are taken for delivery to a land station, the length shall be 35 feet.
Whales shall be measured when at rest on the deck or platform, as accurately as possible by means of a steel tape measure fitted at the zero end with a spiked handle which can be inserted into the planking of the deck or platform abreast of one end of the whale. The tape measure shall be stretched in a straight line parallel with the body of the whale and read abreast the other end of the whale. The ends of the whale for the purposes of measurement shall in each case be the point of the upper jaw and the notch between the flukes of the tail. Measurements after being accurately read on the tape measure, shall be recorded to the nearest foot. The measurement of any whale which falls exactly on a half-foot shall be recorded at the next foot above the half-foot.