The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling Law and Legal Definition
The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (“convention”) is an international environmental agreement. This Convention was signed by 15 nations in Washington D.C. on December 2, 1946. The U.S. is also a party to this Convention. [Pit River Tribe v. United States Forest Serv., 469 F.3d 768, 786 (9th Cir. Cal. 2006)].
The following are the purposes of the Convention:
1.To provide proper conservation of whale stocks;
2.To provide for an orderly development of the whaling industry;
3. To provide protection all whale species from overhunting;
4. To provide future generations with great natural resources represented by whale stocks.
Legal Definition list
- The Insurance Fraud Prevention Act
- The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003
- The House of Representatives
- The Federal Reserve Board
- The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act[FRLA]
- The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- The International Religious Freedom Act
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN]
- The Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Compensation Act
- The Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Act
- The Migration or Importation Clause
