Links
This page contains a selection of useful links to further information on
whaling and the International Whaling Commission.
For a much larger collection of almost 1000 links on all aspect of whaling and
international law, see the Internet
Guide to International Fisheries Law: Internet Pathfinder: Part 5 - Cetaceans.
- IWC 2001 coverage
- Commercial whaling
- Whale sanctuaries
- Scientific whaling
- International organizations
- Non-governmental organizations
| IWC Meetings |
International Fisheries Bulletin: IWC 2001 website
High
North Alliance: IWC 2001 Media Kit
Collection of resources on the 2001 meeting
from the High North Alliance, including:
- The
International Harpoon
HNA's own daily report of events at the meeting.
Whale
and Dolphin Conservation Society: Sea Red Campaign
The WDCS's
coverage of the 2001 meeting.
ECO
2001
Coverage of the 2001 meeting, published
by a coalition of environmental NGOs.
- Issue 1: 23 July [ HTML version | PDF version ]
- Issue 2: 24 July [ HTML version | PDF version ]
- Issue 3: 25 July [ HTML version | PDF version ]
- Issue 4: 26 July [ HTML version | PDF version ]
- Issue 5: 27 July [ HTML version | PDF version ]
IWMC-World
Conservation Trust: IWC 53
Selection of media releases from the IWCM-World
Conservation Trust on the 2001 meeting.
Greenpeace
whales site
Includes Greenpeace Media Reports for IWC 53 (all in
pdf format):
- Japanese Whaling
- Vote buying
- Norwegian whaling
- Whale watching and Caribbean Island tourism
- Whales in a degraded ocean
Wanted
Alive: Whales in the Wild
WWF Report for the IWC meeting.
See Part 5/2 of the IGIFL Internet Pathfinder.
For a more extensive collection of links on commercial whaling, see Internet Pathfinder: Part 5/3.
Relevant
extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the
extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports. The following links are to the relevant extracts from each year
available:
Irish Proposal
Copy of the Irish compromise, proposed at the 1997 meeting, on the High
North Alliance website.
REVISED MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE/SYSTEM
The
International Whaling Commission and the Revised Management Procedure
Article by G. P. Donovan, published in the High North
Alliance publication Additional Essays on Whales and Man, 1995.
Use of the
Revised Management Plan for Whale and Fisheries Management
Article by G. L. Swartzman, published in the High North
Alliance publication Additional Essays on Whales and Man, 1995.
Review
by US Scientists: IWC Quota Calculation Model Deemed Safe
Document on the High North Alliance
website.
New
Management Procedure
Overview of the earlier management procedure, which the RMP replaced.
A
South Pacific Whale Sanctuary
Text of the proposal submitted by Australia and New Zealand for IWC54: Doc.
IWC/54/16
Relevant
extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the
extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports on both the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean
whale sanctuaries. The following links are to the relevant extracts from each year
available:
Proposed
South Pacific Whale Sanctuary
Article by William Burke on
the Australia/New Zealand South Pacific Sanctuary proposal: [2001] International
Fisheries Bulletin, Focus, No. 14.
- Memorandum of
Opinion in the Legality of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the International Whaling
Commission
- Opinion on
the Legality of the Designation of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the International
Whaling Commission
Two contrasting opinions by leading authorities, the first by William
Burke (published
in Ocean Development and International Law, 1995) and the second by Patricia
Birnie (presented at the 1995 IWC Meeting).
- The
Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary: Some Preliminary Reflections
(Douglas Johnston)
- Discussion Paper on Legal Issues
Concerning the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary and Trade Sanctions (Richard McLaughlin)
Two papers from the 'International Legal Workshop on Assessment of Actions of the IWC under the
ICRW', organized
by the Institute of Cetacean Research in 1996.
Relevant
extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the
extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports on the issue of scientific whaling. The following
links are to the relevant extracts from recent years:
Whaling,
Science and the IWC
Paper by Ray Gambell, ex-IWC Secretary, posted on the Whaling
Library site.
Brief Outline of
Japanese Research Whaling Program in the Antarctic (JARPA)
Outline on the Whaling Library site.
Brief Outline of Japanese
Research Whaling Program in the North Pacific (JARPN)
Brief Outline of Second
Japanese Research Whaling Program in the North Pacific (JARPN II)
Two summaries on the Whaling Library site.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: Scientific Whaling
 |
Preliminary
Review and Evaluation of Scientific Whaling from 1986-1996 Report on Japan's scientific whaling programme. |
Greenpeace International:
Japanese whaling page
Part of its Oceans Campaign section.
Includes the following reports:
|
Japanese whaling - an uncontrollable industry |
|
Japan: Whaling Becomes an Industry Out of Control (also in pdf) |
|
Greenpeace's campaign to stop whaling in the Antarctic |
Japanese
whaling
Brief page from the Greenpeace whales
site.
International Whaling Commission
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Anti-whaling organizations
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Cetacean Society International
Pro-whaling organizations