This Decree provides, inter alia, for maximum allowable catch, open seasons, allocation of quotas, transfer of quotas, interruption of hunting, reporting, and penalties. The Decree prohibits in principal the hunting of minke whales by Norwegian vessels. However, the total allowable catch for Norwegian vessels in the areas of the Norwegian Economic Zone, the Fisheries Zone of Jan Mayen and the Fisheries Zone of Svalbard for 2005 is fixed at 796 whales (652 for the EEZ and the fisheries protection