Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2007: Conference Proceedings
Conference Presentations

Maritime regulation, surveillance and enforcement challenges in Australia's Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

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  • Professor Donald R. Rothwell

Published 2007-09-27

Keywords

  • government regulation,
  • maritime law enforcement,
  • Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary,
  • marine conservation,
  • 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling,
  • commercial whaling,
  • Whaling Moratorium 1982,
  • Whaling Moratorium 1985/86,
  • JARPA II,
  • International Whaling Commission,
  • special permit whaling,
  • territorial sea,
  • offshore jurisdiction,
  • fisheries,
  • exclusive economic zone,
  • public international law,
  • Australia-France Surveillance Treaty 2005,
  • Australia-France Cooperative Fisheries Enforcement Treaty 2006,
  • hot pursuit,
  • EPBC Act 1999 (Cth),
  • Australian Whale Sanctuary,
  • Antarctic Treaty System
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Abstract

This paper contains the slides for Rothwell's presentation about the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Rothwell provides a history of Australia's connection with both whaling and whale conservation, including the International Whaling Commission, and how Australia enforces its laws in the Australian Whale Sanctuary, alongside the various international law issues that creates.

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