• Biological Information on the Whale
• Overview of Laws Protecting Whales
• Navigating this Site
• History of U.S. Wildlife Laws
• Treaty language for International Whaling Conv.

• Overview of the International Whaling Commission
• Detailed Discussion on the Global Protection of Whales
•  Jonah Swallows the Whale:  An Examination of American and International Failures to Adequately Protect Whales from Impending Extinction, David S. Lessoff, 11 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 413 (1996).
• The Cracking Facade of the IWC as an Institution of International Law:  Norwegian Small-Type Whaling and the Aboriginal Subsistence Exemption, Brian Trevor Hodges, 15 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 295.
• Topic Sub-Page on the History of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)

Web page of International Whaling Commission http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm

Report from 2004 meeting of the IWC http://www.awionline.org/pubs/Quarterly/04_53_4/534p8_9.htm 

World Wildlife Fund (site contains information on whale facts)

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Site