Whaling, Whale Oil, and Scrimshaw: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - 257 páginas |
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10-year moratorium action American ANDERSON Animal Protection Institute Australian amendment bill blue whale boycott catch Chairman commercial whaling companies concerned Congress conservation countries economic effective embargo Endangered Species Act Environmental estimates exemption extinction fin whale fish products fishery products fleets foreign FORSYTHE GARZA GATT going gray whales GREENWALD GUENTHER H.J. Res hearing House Joint Resolution International Whaling Commission Japan Joint Resolution 448 killing LEGGETT legislation marine mammals MECKES ment minke whales MOSHER NAKATSU negotiations numbers of whales OBERSTAR PAYNE Pelly amendment percent President problem prohibition question quotas Russians Scientific Committee scrimshanders scrimshaw Secretary sei whales ships Soviet Union sperm oil sperm whale oil statement stockpile STUDDS TALBOT testimony Thank tion tons trade tuna U.S. exports millions U.S. imports United Werner G whale meat whale populations whale stocks whaling industry whaling nations
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Página 180 - Act are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved, to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and threatened species...
Página 18 - Considering that the history of whaling has seen over-fishing of one area after another and of one species of whale after another to such a degree that it is essential to protect all species of whales from further overfishing...
Página 5 - President. (3) Upon receipt of any certification made under paragraph (1) or (2) , the President may direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the bringing or the importation into the United States of fish products...
Página 97 - Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by any contracting party of measures: [....] (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; [....] (g) relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption.
Página 235 - ... (B) at all reasonable times upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, afford such representative access to his...
Página 177 - commercial activity" means all activities of industry and trade, including, but not limited to, the buying or selling of commodities and activities conducted for the purpose of facilitating such buying and selling: Provided, however, That it does not include exhibition of commodities by museums or similar cultural or historical organizations. (3) The terms "conserve", "conserving", and "conservation...
Página 18 - Recognizing that it is in the common interest to achieve the optimum level of whale stocks as rapidly as possible without causing widespread economic and nutritional distress...
Página 54 - Considering the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in June 1972...
Página 183 - US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, Washington, DC, March 2, 1964.
Página 3 - When the Secretary of Commerce determines that nationals of a foreign country, directly or indirectly, are conducting fishing operations in a manner or under circumstances which diminish the effectiveness of an international fishery conservation program...