Regionalization of International Whale Management: The Case of the North Atlantic Marine Mammals Commission

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Hoel, Alf Häkon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Economic conditions; Environmental impacts; International Whaling Commission; Law; Offshore seismic surveys; Pollution; Public opinion; Sustainable economic development; Treaties; Whales; Whaling; Wildlife management; Greenland; Iceland; Norway; Baleinière; Conseil; Faroe Islands; Arctic; Groenland; Îles Féroé; Islande; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64387

This article reviews the evolution of the North Atlantic Marine Mammals Commission (NAMMCO) and considers its relations with the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and other international institutions concerned with marine resource management. Starting out in 1988 with a conference to address th...