Monday, September 8, 2014
6:00 p.m.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
$5 per person
Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street
Join the NHA for a special lecture and book signing with Kurkpatrick Dorsey, author of Whales and Nations: Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas. Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts—and their ultimate failure.
A book signing will follow the presentation.