In 1972 the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm adopted a proposal that recommended a ten-year moratorium on commercial whaling to allow whale stocks to recover.
I 1972 vedtog de Forenede Nationers konferense om det menneskelige miljø i Stockholm et forslag som anbefalede et ti-årigt moratorium mod kommerciel hvalfangst for at give hvalbestandene mulighed for at komme sig.