WilliamT. Burke - Professor of Law and Marine Affairs, University ofWashington
Seminar Abstract:
This seminar presentation includes brief descriptionof the basic global treaty on the subject, the International Conventionfor the Regulation of Whaling, centering on objectives and purposes, provisions for regulation, types of regulation, scientific research, andamendments. Other relevant international law will be described in generalterms. Thegeneral trends in whaling regulation over the past 50 years willbe discussed,with primary attention given to the period since 1975. Theoutstandingissues confronting the Commission will be analyzed: the differencesbetweenthe objectives and purposes of the Convention and the positionsof themajority of the Commission members and the factors that account forthis;the role of science and politics in whaling regulation; the moratoriumandthe Revised Management Scheme; use of whale sanctuaries; andprospectsfor the future.
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William T.Burke has beenaProfessorof Law with the University of Washington since1968. Hehasbeena Professorof Law and Marine Affairs since 1975. His professionalfocushasbeen on InternationalLaw and Natural Resources. Burkeplayed anintegralroll in U.S. participationduring the development ofThe InternationalLawof theSea.
Burke has focused his researchon coastal state fishery regulations and authority under InternationalLaw, fishing in international waters such as the Bering Sea donuthole, and international law as it relates to whaling and anadromous species.
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