International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

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The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is a 1946 international treaty that established the International Whaling Commission and provides the legal framework for regulating whaling and conserving whale populations worldwide.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental agreement ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
allows objection procedure to amendments ⓘ
withdrawal by contracting governments ⓘ
basisForDecision scientific advice on whale populations ⓘ
bindingOn states that have ratified or acceded to it ⓘ
category treaty concluded in 1946 ⓘ
treaty on animal conservation ⓘ
containsProvision Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
createdBody International Whaling Commission ⓘ
dateSigned 1946-12-02 ⓘ
depositary Government of the United States of America ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1948-11-10 ⓘ
established International Whaling Commission ⓘ
field marine living resources management ⓘ
whale conservation ⓘ
governingBody International Whaling Commission ⓘ
hasEffectOn conservation status of whale populations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalFrameworkFor International Whaling Commission ⓘ
mechanism amendable schedule of regulations ⓘ
negotiatedAfter Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
partiesAreCalled contracting governments ⓘ
placeSigned Washington, D.C. ⓘ
predecessor International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling (1937) ⓘ
providesFor catch limits for whale species ⓘ
designation of whale sanctuaries ⓘ
protection of certain whale species ⓘ
regulation of whaling areas ⓘ
regulation of whaling methods ⓘ
regulation of whaling seasons ⓘ
purpose conservation of whale stocks ⓘ
orderly development of the whaling industry ⓘ
regulation of whaling ⓘ
region worldwide ⓘ
regulates aboriginal subsistence whaling ⓘ
commercial whaling ⓘ
scientific whaling ⓘ
relatedTo moratorium on commercial whaling ⓘ
requires national implementation of whaling regulations by parties ⓘ
scope global ⓘ
shortName ICRW ⓘ
subject whales ⓘ
whaling industry ⓘ
subjectHasRole founding treaty of the International Whaling Commission ⓘ
yearSigned 1946 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

international whaling moratorium → basedOn → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
international whaling moratorium → relatedTo → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
international whaling moratorium → legalBasis → Article V of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
International Whaling Commission → legalBasis → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling → containsProvision → Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
IWC Schedule → partOf → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
IWC Schedule → relatedTo → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
Commission Plenary → usesInstrument → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
Commission Plenary → legalBasis → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946 ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission → establishedBy → International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ⓘ
Makah whaling waiver proceedings before NOAA → legalBasis → Whaling Convention Act ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling