Abstract
Commercial whaling is the ultimate example of the environmental devastation caused by humanities’ greed. From the late 1800‘s to 1980‘s, tens of millions of whales were slaughtered from the Artic to Antarctica. Despite nearly forty years of a moratorium on commercial whaling, the impacts can still be witnessed, and pockets of commercial whaling persist. Therefore, commercial whaling remains a relevant issue of which "there is a clear need for an international law response to an international problem". This dissertation asks whether the existing approach to conserving whales through the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) remains fit for purpose and if not, what, if anything, could replace it.