Blue and Humpback species, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established to help regulate the industry (IWC, 2002a). The IWC runs a secretariat in Cambridge, UK and conducts annual meetings in either Cambridge or at another of the 42 IWC member states]. The purpose of the formulative document signed by the original 14 whaling nations, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) (1946), was to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" (cited in Thiele, 2002). During the 1950s the IWC's scientific committee made a number of recommendations to the IWC including the banning on taking of Blue whales, however, these recommendations were usually diminished in some way, either through reducing the area where whaling was prohibited, or by allowing quotas in excess of scientific advice (Greenpeace, 2001). In the 1960s increased scrutiny came upon the Southern Ocean with recommendations to ban the taking of Blue and Fin Whales in the Antarctic. The IWC adopted the banning of whaling for Blue whales in 1965, but did nothing regarding the take of Fin whales. During the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s, some nations, principally Japan, Norway, and Russia, continued to violate quotas and hide the number of whales actually taken in their reports to the IWC. In 1963-64 Soviet ships took 530 Blue whales, reporting only 74 (ibid). Blue and Humpback species, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established to help regulate the industry (IWC, 2002a). The IWC runs a secretariat in Cambridge, UK and conducts annual meetings in either Cambridge or at another of the 42 IWC member states]. The purpose of the formulative document signed by the original 14 whaling nations, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) (1946), was to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" (cited in Thiele, 2002). During the 1950s the IWC's scientific committee made a number of recommendations to the IWC including the banning on taking of Blue whales, however, these recommendations were usually diminished in some way, either through reducing the area where whaling was prohibited, or by allowing quotas in excess of scientific advice (Greenpeace, 2001). In the 1960s increased scrutiny came upon the Southern Ocean with recommendations to ban the taking of Blue and Fin Whales in the Antarctic. The IWC adopted the banning of whaling for Blue whales in 1965, but did nothing regarding the take of Fin whales. During the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s, some nations, principally Japan, Norway, and Russia, continued to violate quotas and hide the number of whales actually taken in their reports to the IWC. In 1963-64 Soviet ships took 530 Blue whales, reporting only 74 (ibid).