References
Bailey TA (1935) The North Pacific Sealing Convention of 1911. Pac Hist Rev 4(1):1–14
Barry D (2005) Icy battlegrounds: Canada, the international fund for animal welfare, and the seal
hunt. Breakwater Books Ltd, St John’s
Busch BC (1985) The war against the seals. A history of the North American seal fishery. McGillQueens University Press, Montreal
Cambou D (2013) The impact of the ban on seal products on the rights of indigenous peoples: a
European issue. Yearb Pol Law V:389–415
COWI (2008) Assessment of the potential impact of a ban on trade in seal products. COWI,
Copenhagen
EFSA (2007) Animal welfare aspects of the killing and skinning of seals– scientific opinion of the
panel on animal health and welfare. EFSA, Parma
European Commission (2006) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament
and the Council on a Community action plan on the protection and welfare of animals, SEC
(2006) 65, COM/2006/0013 final, 23 January 2006. European Commission, Brussels
European Parliament (1981) Report drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Protection on Community Trade in Seal Products and in Particular
in Products Deriving from the Whitecoat Pups of Harp and Hooded Seals (Pagophilus
groenlandicus and Cystophora cristata). PE 75.783/fin, 25 November 1981. European Parliament, Brussels
Frum B (1978) CBC Interview with Paul Watson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v¼H_
gTBDFTXE0
Howse RL, Langlille J (2012) Permitting pluralism: the seal products dispute and why the WTO
should permit trade restrictions justified by non-instrumental moral values. Yearb J Int Law 37
(2):367–432
Mossop J (2013) Marine mammals in the Antarctic treaty system. In: Molenaar EJ, Oude Elferink
AG, Rothwell D (eds) The law of the sea and the polar regions. Interactions between global and
regional regimes. Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, pp 267–292
Nielsen L, Calle MA (2013) Systemic implications of the EU—seal products case. Asian J WTO Int
Health Policy 8:41–75
Sellheim N (2015) ‘Direct and individual concern’ for newfoundland’s sealing industry? When a
legal concept and empirical data collide. Yearb Pol Law VI:466–496
Sellheim N (2016a) Early sealing regimes: the Bering sea fur seal regime vis-à-vis Finnish–Soviet
fishing and sealing agreements. Pol Rec 52(1):109–114
Sellheim N (2016b) The narrated ‘other’—challenging Inuit sustainability through the European
discourse on the seal hunt. In: Hossain K, Petrétei A (eds) Understanding the many faces of
human security perspectives of Northern indigenous peoples. Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, pp 56–73
Wenzel G (1991) Animal rights, human rights. Ecology, economy and ideology in the Canadian
Arctic. University of Toronto Press, Toronto
Further Reading
Mirovitskaya NS, Clark M, Purver RG (1993) North Pacific fur seals: regime formation as a means
of resolving conflicts. In: Young O, Osherenko G (eds) Polar politics—creating international
environmental regimes. Cornell University Press, New York, pp 22–55
Wegge N (2013) Politics between science, law and sentiments: explaining the European Union’s
ban on trade in seal products. Env Pol 22(2):255–273
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Bailey TA (1935) The North Pacific Sealing Convention of 1911. Pac Hist Rev 4(1):1–14
Barry D (2005) Icy battlegrounds: Canada, the international fund for animal welfare, and the seal
hunt. Breakwater Books Ltd, St John’s
Busch BC (1985) The war against the seals. A history of the North American seal fishery. McGillQueens University Press, Montreal
Cambou D (2013) The impact of the ban on seal products on the rights of indigenous peoples: a
European issue. Yearb Pol Law V:389–415
COWI (2008) Assessment of the potential impact of a ban on trade in seal products. COWI,
Copenhagen
EFSA (2007) Animal welfare aspects of the killing and skinning of seals– scientific opinion of the
panel on animal health and welfare. EFSA, Parma
European Commission (2006) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament
and the Council on a Community action plan on the protection and welfare of animals, SEC
(2006) 65, COM/2006/0013 final, 23 January 2006. European Commission, Brussels
European Parliament (1981) Report drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Protection on Community Trade in Seal Products and in Particular
in Products Deriving from the Whitecoat Pups of Harp and Hooded Seals (Pagophilus
groenlandicus and Cystophora cristata). PE 75.783/fin, 25 November 1981. European Parliament, Brussels
Frum B (1978) CBC Interview with Paul Watson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v¼H_
gTBDFTXE0
Howse RL, Langlille J (2012) Permitting pluralism: the seal products dispute and why the WTO
should permit trade restrictions justified by non-instrumental moral values. Yearb J Int Law 37
(2):367–432
Mossop J (2013) Marine mammals in the Antarctic treaty system. In: Molenaar EJ, Oude Elferink
AG, Rothwell D (eds) The law of the sea and the polar regions. Interactions between global and
regional regimes. Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, pp 267–292
Nielsen L, Calle MA (2013) Systemic implications of the EU—seal products case. Asian J WTO Int
Health Policy 8:41–75
Sellheim N (2015) ‘Direct and individual concern’ for newfoundland’s sealing industry? When a
legal concept and empirical data collide. Yearb Pol Law VI:466–496
Sellheim N (2016a) Early sealing regimes: the Bering sea fur seal regime vis-à-vis Finnish–Soviet
fishing and sealing agreements. Pol Rec 52(1):109–114
Sellheim N (2016b) The narrated ‘other’—challenging Inuit sustainability through the European
discourse on the seal hunt. In: Hossain K, Petrétei A (eds) Understanding the many faces of
human security perspectives of Northern indigenous peoples. Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, pp 56–73
Wenzel G (1991) Animal rights, human rights. Ecology, economy and ideology in the Canadian
Arctic. University of Toronto Press, Toronto
Further Reading
Mirovitskaya NS, Clark M, Purver RG (1993) North Pacific fur seals: regime formation as a means
of resolving conflicts. In: Young O, Osherenko G (eds) Polar politics—creating international
environmental regimes. Cornell University Press, New York, pp 22–55
Wegge N (2013) Politics between science, law and sentiments: explaining the European Union’s
ban on trade in seal products. Env Pol 22(2):255–273
156
6 The International Legal Framework for Seals