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Summarizes the final press release from the May 2002 annual conference of the International Whaling Commission held in Shimonoseki, Japan. The release records objections by pro-whaling countries such as Norway & Iceland; describes current & proposed commercial whaling regulations & the impact of moratoriums; addresses the catch-limit concerns of tribal whalers in Greenland, Siberia, & Alaska; & briefly remarks on the controversy over Japanese scientific research. K. Coddon

Northern adventures and the Spitsbergen trade, c. 1604-1670 -- Lost hopes and expensive failures, c. 1670-1750 -- The rise of the Greenland trade, 1750-1783 -- The boom in the northern fishery, 1783-c. 1808 -- Expansion south of the Arctic seas, c. 1776-c. 1808 -- Decline in the north in the early nineteenth century -- Expansion and failure of the southern fishery, c. 1808-1840 -- The end of the northern fishery in the late nineteenth century -- New whaling techniques -- New whaling areas -- Advances in oil technology -- Expanding fleets and the new fishing grounds, 1919-1920 -- Crisis and contraction, 1929-1932 -- Regulated recklessness, 1932-1939 -- The final fling, 1945-1963

Applies five different models of regime change to trace the transformation from whaling industry advocacy to protection of endangered whales; some focus on the 1986 International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling.