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Early sealing regimes: the Bering Sea fur seal regime vis-à-vis Finnish–Soviet fishing and sealing agreements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2015

Nikolas Sellheim
Nikolas Sellheim*
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Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, PO Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland (nikolas.sellheim@ulapland.fi)
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Abstract

Environmental management had its early stages in the early years of the 20th century. This note contrasts the different regimes that emerged with regard to the management of seals and the seal hunt: the well-researched Bering Sea regime and the little known regimes between Finland and the Soviet Union. While the former shaped and already embedded principles of modern environmental law and has the seal population as its primary focus, the latter agreements did not make reference to the environmental dimension of the seal hunt, but must be read against the backdrop of the difficult border situations between the two countries.

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Polar Record , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 109 - 114
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