a) Classification of Areas
Areas relating to Southern Hemisphere baleen whales except Bryde’s whales are those waters between the ice-edge and the Equator and between the meridians of longitude listed in Table 1.
b) Classification of Divisions
Divisions relating to Southern Hemisphere sperm whales are those waters between the ice-edge and the Equator and between the meridians of longitude listed in Table 3.
c) Geographical boundaries in the North Atlantic The geographical boundaries for the fin, minke and sei whale stocks in the North Atlantic are:
FIN WHALE STOCKS
NOVA SCOTIA
South and West of a line through: 47°N 54°W, 46°N 54°30”W,
46°N 42°W, 20°N 42°W.
NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR
West of a line through:
75°N 73°30”W, 69°N 59°W, 61°N 59°W,
52°20”N 42°W, 46°N 42°W and
North of a line through:
46°N 42°W, 46°N 54°30”W, 47°N 54°W.
WEST GREENLAND
East of a line through:
75°N 73°30”W, 69°N 59°W,
61°N 59°W, 52°20”N 42°W,
and West of a line through 52°20”N 42°W, 59°N 42°W,
59°N 44°W, Kap Farvel.
EAST GREENLAND-ICELAND
East of a line through:
Kap Farvel (South Greenland),
59°N 44°W, 59°N 42°W, 20°N 42°W,
and West of a line through:
20°N 18°W, 60°N 18°W, 68°N 3°E,
74°N 3°E, and South of 74°N.
NORTH NORWAY
North and East of a line through: 74°N 22°W, 74°N 3°E, 68°N 3°E,
67°N 0°, 67°N 14°E.
WEST NORWAY-FAROE ISLANDS
South of a line through:
67°N 14°E, 67°N 0°, 60°N 18°W,
and North of a line through: 61°N 16°W, 61°N 0°, Thyborøn
(Western entrance to Limfjorden, Denmark).
SPAIN-PORTUGAL-BRITISH ISLES
South of a line through:
Thyborøn (Denmark), 61°N 0°, 61°N 16°W, and East of a line through:
63°N 11°W, 60°N 18°W, 22°N 18°W.
MINKE WHALE STOCKS
CANADIAN EAST COAST
West of a line through:
75°N 73°30”W, 69°N 59°W, 61°N 59°W,
52°20”N 42°W, 20°N 42°W.
CENTRAL
East of a line through:
Kap Farvel (South Greenland),
59°N 44°W, 59°N 42°W, 20°N 42°W,
and West of a line through:
20°N 18°W, 60°N 18°W, 68°N 3°E,
74°N 3°E, and South of 74°N.
WEST GREENLAND
East of a line through:
75°N 73°30”W, 69°N 59°W, 61°N 59°W,
52°20”N 42°W, and
West of a line through: 52°20”N 42°W, 59°N 42°W,
59°N 44°W, Kap Farvel.
NORTHEASTERN
East of a line through:
20°N 18°W, 60°N 18°W, 68°N 3°E, 74°N 3°E,
and North of a line through: 74°N 3°E, 74°N 22°W.
SEI WHALE STOCKS
NOVA SCOTIA
South and West of a line through:
47°N 54°W, 46°N 54°30”W, 46°N 42°W,
20°N 42°W.
ICELAND-DENMARK STRAIT
East of a line through:
Kap Farvel (South Greenland),
59°N 44°W, 59°N 42°W, 20°N 42°W,
and West of a line through:
20°N 18°W, 60°N 18°W, 68°N 3°E,
74°N 3°E, and South of 74°N.
EASTERN
East of a line through:
20°N 18°W, 60°N 18°W, 68°N 3°E, 74°N 3°E,
and North of a line through: 74°N 3°E, 74°N 22°W.
d) Geographical boundaries in the North Pacific
The geographical boundaries for the sperm, Bryde’s and minke whale stocks in the North Pacific are:
SPERM WHALE STOCKS
WESTERN DIVISION
West of a line from the ice-edge south along the 180° meridian of longitude to 180°, 50°N, then east along the 50°N parallel of latitude to 160°W, 50°N, then south along the 160°W meridian of longitude to 160°W, 40°N, then east along the 40°N parallel of latitude to 150°W, 40°N, then south along the 150°W meridian of longitude to the Equator.
EASTERN DIVISION
East of the line described above.
BRYDE’S WHALE STOCKS
EAST CHINA SEA
West of the Ryukyu Island chain.
EASTERN
East of 160°W (excluding the Peruvian stock area).
WESTERN
West of 160°W (excluding the East China Sea stock area).
MINKE WHALE STOCKS
SEA OF JAPAN-YELLOW SEA-EAST CHINA SEA
West of a line through the Philippine Islands, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu, Honshu, Hokkaido and Sakhalin Island, north of the Equator.
OKHOTSK SEA-WEST PACIFIC
East of the Sea of Japan-Yellow Sea- East China Sea stock and west of 180°, north of the Equator.
REMAINDER
East of the Okhotsk Sea-West Pacific stock, north of the Equator.
e) Geographical boundaries for Bryde’s whale stocks in the Southern Hemisphere
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN 20°E to 130°E,
South of the Equator.
SOLOMON ISLANDS 150°E to 170°E,
20°S to the Equator.
PERUVIAN
110°W to the South American coast, 10°S to 10°N.
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC 150°W to 70°W,
South of the Equator (excluding the Peruvian stock area).
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC 130°E to 150°W,
South of the Equator (excluding the Solomon Islands stock area).
SOUTH ATLANTIC 70°W to 20°E,
South of the Equator (excluding the South African inshore stock area).
SOUTH AFRICAN INSHORE
South African coast west of 27°E and out to the 200 metre isobath.
