# The Whaling Industry (Ship) Regulations 1955, Paragraph 7


The master or person in charge of the ship shall:—
(a) within two days of the end of each calendar week cause to be transmitted by wireless messages to the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics, Sandefjord, Norway, details of the number of blue whale units taken by the ships attached thereto in waters south of 40° south latitude, calculated on the basis that one blue whale equals two fin whales, or two and a half humpback whales, or six sei whales;
provided that when notification is received that the number of blue whale units taken is deemed by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics to have reached 13,500, he shall cause the details aforesaid to be transmitted at the end of each day;
(b) on the conclusion of each season's operations forward to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 3, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I, or the Scottish Home Department, Edinburgh, for transmission to the International Whaling Commission, London—
(i) details of the particulars entered in the records required to be kept under Regulation 7 of the said Regulations;
(ii) the name and gross tonnage of the ship;
(iii) the number and aggregate gross tonnage of ships used for killing or taking whales attached thereto;
(iv) any information collected or obtained concerning the calving grounds and migration routes of whales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1955/1973/schedule/SECOND/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/whaling-industry-ship-regulations-1955/schedule-SECOND/paragraph-7
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