It governs the commercial, scientific, and aboriginal subsistence whaling practices of 88 member nations. The convention is a successor to the 1931 Geneva Convention for Regulation of Whaling and the 1937 International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling, established in response to the overexploitation of whales in the post-World War I period.
It governs the commercial, scientific, and aboriginal subsistence whaling practices of 88 member nations. The convention is a successor to the 1931 Geneva Convention for Regulation of Whaling and the 1937 International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling, established in response to the overexploitation of whales in the post-World War I period.
on 2 December 1946; the convention took effect on 10 November 1948.
The 1946 Convention does not define a 'whale', and some members IWC has the legal competence to regulate catches of only these named great whales (the baleen whales and the sperm whale).
on 2 December 1946; the convention took effect on 10 November 1948.
A protocol broadening the scope of the convention's enforcement was signed on 19 November 1956. The objectives of the ICRW are to protect all whale species from overhunting; establish a system of international regulation for whale fisheries to ensure proper conservation and development of whale stocks; and safeguard for future generations the important natural resources represented by whale stocks.
The IWC meets annually and adopts a binding "schedule" that regulates catch limits, whaling methods, protected areas, and the right to carry out scientific research involving the killing of whales. ==Members== As of January 2021, there are 88 parties to the convention.
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