Paragraph 1

any baleen whale in any of the following areas:—

any baleen whale (excluding any minke whale) in any waters, being waters other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this condition, south of 40° south latitude, at any time other than during a period beginning on the 7th January in any year in the case of baleen whales other than blue whales, or the 1st February in any year in the case of blue whales, and terminating on the 7th April in the same year, both days inclusive;

provided that if the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics, Sandefjord, Norway, shall determine an earlier date on which the quota of 15,000 blue whale units shall be deemed to have been reached in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the International Convention of the 2nd December, 1946 (amending the International Agreement of the 8th June, 1937, the Protocol of 24th June, 1938, and the Protocol of the 26th November, 1945, for the Regulation of Whaling), no baleen whale (excluding any minke whale) shall be killed after that date;

any humpback whale in the North Atlantic Ocean;

any humpback whale in any waters south of 40° south latitude between 0° longitude and 70° west longitude;

any humpback whale in any waters south of 40° south latitude except on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th February in any year;

any calf or suckling whale or female whale which is accompanied by any calf or suckling whale;

any minke whale other than during the period during which the killing or taking of such a whale is permitted under the terms of the ship's licence, and any sperm whale other than during the period during which the treatment of such a whale may be carried on by the factory ship to which the ship is for the time being attached;

any grey whale or right whale, except when the meat and products of such whales are to be used for local consumption by the aborigines;

any blue whale in the North Atlantic Ocean;