8.6 Other Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
8.7 Summary and Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
9 The Future of International Marine Mammal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
9.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
9.2 Scenario 1: Same Old, Same Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
9.3 Scenario 2: The Moratorium Is Lifted, the Revised Management
Scheme Put in Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
9.4 Scenario 3: A New Organisation Is Formed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
9.5 Scenario 4: The Formation of an International Marine Mammal
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
9.6 Scenario 5: Marine Mammals Increasingly Find Their Way Into
Other Regimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
9.7 Summary and Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
(as amended by Protocol of 19 November 1956) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Agreement for the Conservation of Polar Bears, 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Regulation 1007/2009 on Trade in Seal Products, 2009
(As amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/1775 of 2015) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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8.7 Summary and Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
9 The Future of International Marine Mammal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
9.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
9.2 Scenario 1: Same Old, Same Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
9.3 Scenario 2: The Moratorium Is Lifted, the Revised Management
Scheme Put in Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
9.4 Scenario 3: A New Organisation Is Formed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
9.5 Scenario 4: The Formation of an International Marine Mammal
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
9.6 Scenario 5: Marine Mammals Increasingly Find Their Way Into
Other Regimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
9.7 Summary and Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
(as amended by Protocol of 19 November 1956) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Agreement for the Conservation of Polar Bears, 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Regulation 1007/2009 on Trade in Seal Products, 2009
(As amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/1775 of 2015) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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