The World - News from April 15, 1988
The Soviet Union has followed up on informal pledges and officially notified the United States that it has stopped commercial whaling, U.S. Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said in Moscow. “This is a significant international achievement which removes a major obstacle to U.S.-Soviet cooperation in fisheries,” Verity said. The Soviets announced in 1985 that they would stop commercial whaling, and a Fishing Ministry official later confirmed that informally. But it was unclear whether the Soviet Union would continue limited whaling for scientific purposes.
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