Tl. Mcdorman, CANADA AND WHALING - AN ANALYSIS OF ARTICLE-65 OF THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION, Ocean development and international law, 29(2), 1998, pp. 179-194
Article 65 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
obligates states to cooperate with respect to conservation of marine
mammals and, in particular, states are to work through the appropriate
international organizations. The international Whaling Commission (IW
C) is the principal international marine mammal organization. Followin
g the permitted faking of two whales in the Canadian Arctic, the Unite
d States opined that, even though Canada was not a member of the IWC,
Canada was obligated to adhere;to the IWC whale moratorium because of
Article 65. This article examines the relationship of Article 65 and t
he IWC and, more generally, the scope of the duty to cooperate in Arti
cle 65.