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WHALE FOR SALE THE GLOBAL TRADE IN DEAD WHALESAppendix 1CITES reservation chart for whales and dolphinsCETACEA Dolphins, porpoises, whalesBalaenopteridaeHumpbackwhale, rorqualsDelphinidaeDolphinsPhyseteridaeSperm whalesZiphiidaeBeaked whales,bottle-nosedwhalesBalaenoptera acutorostrata(except the population of West Greenland, whichis included in Appendix II)Balaenoptera bonaerensisIceland 02/04/2000Japan 01/01/1986Norway 01/01/1986Palau 15/07/2004Iceland 02/04/2000Japan 01/01/1986Norway 01/01/1986Balaenoptera borealis Iceland 02/04/2000Balaenoptera borealisJapan 06/06/1981[reservation not applicable to populations:06/06/1981a) in North Pacific; andb) in areas from 0 to 70 degrees east longitudeNorwayand from the equator to the Antarctic Continent]Balaenoptera edeni Japan 29/07/1983Balaenoptera musculus Iceland 02/04/2000Balaenoptera omurai Japan 29/07/1983Balaenoptera physalusIceland 02/04/2000Japan 06/06/1981Balaenoptera physalus[reservation applicable to populations:a) in North Atlantic off Iceland;b) in North Atlantic off Newfoundland; and Norway 06/06/1981c) in areas from 40 degrees south latitude to theAntarctic Continent and from 120 to 60 degreeswest longitude]Iceland 02/04/2000Megaptera novaeangliaeSaint Vincent andthe Grenadines28/02/1989Orcaella brevirostris Japan 12/01/2005Orcaella heinsohni Japan 12/01/2005Iceland 02/04/2000Physeter macrocephalusJapan 06/06/1981Norway 06/06/1981Palau 15/07/2004Berardius bairdii Japan 29/07/1983Hyperoodon ampullatus Iceland 02/04/2000Faroe Islands figures extracted from http://www.whaling.fo/Default.aspx?ID=7125, official website from the Faroese Ministry of Fisheries andMinistry of Foreign Affairs. All great whales statistics are extracted from IWC web page, annual reports and countries’ progress reports.{ 50 }