ARCTIC International Management of Whales and Whaling: An Historical Review of the Regulation of Commercial and Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling

ABSTRACT. The exploitation of whales has spread over the centuries from coastal to international waters, and from pole to pole. Despite the successive depletion of one species and stock after another, not until the 20th century were attempts instituted to regulate the industry and the catches at an...

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Main Author: Ray Gambell
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.472.962
http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/1330/1355/
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Summary:ABSTRACT. The exploitation of whales has spread over the centuries from coastal to international waters, and from pole to pole. Despite the successive depletion of one species and stock after another, not until the 20th century were attempts instituted to regulate the industry and the catches at an international level. Agreements among the whaling companies competing in the Antarctic in the 19 % were closely followed by intergovernmental agreements, culminating