IDCR

Japanese: IDCR

…In the United States, in 1977, a domestic law (Packwood-Magnuson Amendment, PM Act) was enacted to restrict all whaling activities within 200 nautical miles of the United States, in order to prevent whaling countries from appealing IWC decisions. Under these circumstances, the SC pointed out the need for an international research project, which bore fruit in the form of the International Decade of Cetacean Research (IDCR), an IWC research implementation plan, and a resource survey of minke whales in the Southern Hemisphere. This survey, which began in the 1978/79 fishing season, has made a significant contribution to the analysis of whale resources, and is still being actively conducted even under the current whaling situation. …

From 【Whaling】

In the United States, in 1977, a domestic law (Packwood-Magnuson Amendment, PM Act) was enacted to restrict all whaling activities within 200 nautical miles of the United States, in order to prevent whaling countries from appealing IWC decisions. Under these circumstances, the SC pointed out the need for an international research project, which bore fruit in the form of the International Decade of Cetacean Research (IDCR), an IWC research implementation plan, and a resource survey of minke whales in the Southern Hemisphere. This survey, which began in the 1978/79 fishing season, has made a significant contribution to the analysis of whale resources, and is still being actively conducted even under the current whaling situation.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またアメリカでは，77年に捕鯨国のIWC決定に対する異議申立てを牽制（けんせい）する目的から，アメリカの200カイリ内でのそれらの国によるあらゆる漁業活動を規制する国内法(パックウッド=マグナソン修正法，PM法)が制定されるに至った。　このような状況下において，SCでは国際的な調査プロジェクトの必要性が指摘され，IWCの調査実施計画である〈国際鯨類調査10ヵ年計画International Decade of Cetacean Research〉(略称IDCR)の南半球産ミンククジラの資源調査として実を結んだ。この調査は1978/79漁期より開始され，鯨類の資源解析に大きく貢献し，近年のような捕鯨状況下においてもなお積極的に実施されている。…