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Abstract

In its first campaign of ocean diplomacy for the twenty-first century, the United States is trying to save the international whaling regime from breaking apart over the issue of commercial whaling. On the assumption that a reformed whaling regime could address the challenges whales face due to global warming, negotiators have come closer to a compromise than any previous attempt. But any effort to maintain a role for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) must not undermine the application by other regimes of new international norms, which include protecting the integrity and resilience of marine ecosystems. A compromise that does not repudiate the “whales-eat-our-fish” notion underlying the IWC’s current view of the ecosystem approach will hinder progress in other ocean governance institutions whose need for reform greatly surpasses that of the IWC.

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  • Subject
    • Environmental Law

  • Journal title
    • Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

  • Volume
    • 36

  • Issue
    • 2

  • Pagination
    • 401

  • Date submitted

    6 September 2022