Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Virginia, 2014)--Verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface by John Norton Moore -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- I. Unfinished Business -- II. Conservation, Sustainability, and Other Key Terms -- III. Foundational Works -- IV. The Global Ocean -- V. Marine Mammals -- VI. Conclusion -- Chapter 2 - The Current Marine Mammal Regulatory Landscape -- I. Resource Type and Economic Considerations -- II. Legal Foundation of International Ocean Governance -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 - Goals for the Rational Conservation of Marine Mammals -- and Emerging Ethical Considerations -- I. Rational Decision-Making Model -- II. Goals for Rational Marine Mammal Management -- III. Ethical Considerations -- IV. Conclusion 191 -- Chapter 4 - Modern Threats to Marine Mammals -- I. Current Threats to Marine Mammals 193 -- II. Features of a New Response 253 -- III. Conclusion 254 -- Chapter 5 - The Case for an Implementing Agreement Pursuant to Articles 65 and 120 of UNCLOS and the Creation of an International Marine Mammal Commission -- I. Legally Justified Options for International Marine -- Mammal Conservation -- II. UNCLOS Implementing Agreements -- III. The History and Interpretation of Articles 65 and 120 of UNCLOS -- IV. Treaty Termination and International Organization Succession -- V. Jurisdictional Limits -- VI. Conclusion -- Chapter 6 - The Proposal: Part I -- The Framework for a New Approach -- I. Introduction -- II. Constructing the Framework for a UN Marine Mammals Agreement -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 7 - The Proposal: Part II - The Secretariat, Regionalism, and Marine Protected Areas -- I. Introduction -- II. Institutional Structure & the Secretariat -- III. Regionalism -- IV. Marine Protected Areas -- V. Conclusion -- Chapter 8 - Concluding Thoughts -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Extant and Recently Extinct Marine Mammal Species -- Appendix 2: Ocean Zones -- Appendix 3: Draft Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the -- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Marine Mammals (Short form: UN Marine Mammals Agreement) -- Appendix 4: Structure of the Proposed International Regime for the Conservation -- of Marine Mammals -- Index.

" Marine mammal conservation remains a hot-button international environmental issue, but progress towards addressing key conservation and management issues within existing governance structures-most notably the International Whaling Commission-has stalled. Cameron Jefferies offers a fresh look at the future of international marine mammal management in a way that advances the ongoing dialog surrounding UNCLOS implementation and effective living marine resource management, while employing the comprehensive rational decision-making model as a theoretical framework. Marine Mammal Conservation and the Law of the Sea lays out and critiques the marine mammal regulatory landscape. It introduces the rational conservation model, and details the modern threats to marine mammals, including climate change, by-catch, environmental pollution, ship strikes. Next, it discusses options for reform under UNCLOS and existing treaties, and finally introduces a new holistic treaty regime based on the rational conversation model, based in part on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. This book will appeal to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers across public international law, international relations, political science, and environmental policy in the academic, governmental, IO, and NGO spheres."--