Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- Table of treaties, declarations and general comments
- Introduction
- 1 The history of whaling
- 2 The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- 3 The International Whaling Commission
- 4 Cultural diversity
- 5 Environmental ethics, animal rights and the law
- 6 The IWC and its interaction with other organisations and conventions
- 7 Indigenous whaling
- 8 A case study of the protection of the narwhal whale
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Taxonomy of whales: a brief introduction on selected species
- Appendix B 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix B - 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Table of cases
- Table of treaties, declarations and general comments
- Introduction
- 1 The history of whaling
- 2 The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- 3 The International Whaling Commission
- 4 Cultural diversity
- 5 Environmental ethics, animal rights and the law
- 6 The IWC and its interaction with other organisations and conventions
- 7 Indigenous whaling
- 8 A case study of the protection of the narwhal whale
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Taxonomy of whales: a brief introduction on selected species
- Appendix B 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Adopted in Washington, USA on 2 December 1946
(http://iwcoffice.org/commission/convention.htm)
The Governments whose duly authorised representatives have subscribed hereto,
Recognizing the interest of the nations of the world in safeguarding for future generations the great natural resources represented by the whale stocks;
Considering that the history of whaling has seen over-fishing of one area after another and of one species of whale after another to such a degree that it is essential to protect all species of whales from further over-fishing;
Recognizing that the whale stocks are susceptible of natural increases if whaling is properly regulated, and that increases in the size of whale stocks will permit increases in the number of whales which may be captured without endangering these natural resources;
Recognizing that it is in the common interest to achieve the optimum level of whale stocks as rapidly as possible without causing widespread economic and nutritional distress;
Recognizing that in the course of achieving these objectives, whaling operations should be confined to those species best able to sustain exploitation in order to give an interval for recovery to certain species of whales now depleted in numbers;
Desiring to establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries to ensure proper and effective conservation and development of whale stocks on the basis of the principles embodied in the provisions of the International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in London on 8th June, 1937, and the protocols to that Agreement signed in London on 24th June, 1938, and 26th November, 1945; and
Having decided to conclude a convention to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry;
Have agreed as follows:
Article I
1. This Convention includes the Schedule attached thereto which forms an integral part thereof. All references to ‘Convention’ shall be understood as including the said Schedule either in its present terms or as amended in accordance with the provisions of Article V.
2. This Convention applies to factory ships, land stations, and whale catchers under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Governments and to all waters in which whaling is prosecuted by such factory ships, land stations, and whale catchers.
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