Making the case for collective rights: Indigenous claims to stocks of marine living resources

From: Georgetown International Environmental Law Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Harris, A W | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The Preamble to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling1 (ICRW) states that the signatory governments to the instrument "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."2 But in 1982, the International Whaling Commission3 (IWC) instituted a "temporary injunction" on whaling, an initiative that has since been labeled a "moratorium."4 This mor...

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