The whaling issue: Conservation, confusion, and casuistry

Marine Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-319

  Clapham, Phillip J ^a,b   Childerhouse, Simon ^b,c   Gales, Nicolas J ^d   Rojas Bracho, Lorenzo ^e   Tillman, Michael F ^f   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^g  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b SOUTH PACIFIC WHALE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (Cook Islands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^f CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries; International Whaling Commission; Natural resource management; Sustainable utilization; Whales; Whaling

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WHALE; WHALING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846483006     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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