2 31 Immediately following the above statement, William Flory, a
member of the United States delegation, asked the other delegates “[a]re we
agreed that the Preamble is a statement of the principles and the objectives of
our conservation program …?” No objection was raised Accordingly at the
time the ICRW was concluded, “the conservation and recovery of all whale
stocks … was seen as a means to achieve the orderly development of the
whaling industry ”