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Sidney Holt is one of the world's most influential and important marine biologists. For the past fifty years, and epitomized by the ubiquitous 'Save The Whale' slogan, his work has pioneered the argument for whale conservation through intensive scientific research and the political and diplomatic actions associated with it. This book is Sidney's personal account detailing the historical, groundbreaking, and often controversial, rulings and legislation by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which has often seen its science and research in conflict with the economics and politics of whaling nations. Not alone in his active and intellectual endeavours to 'save the whale', his account also encompasses the work of other legendary environmentalists - including David McTaggart, and the rise of Greenpeace, Sir Peter Scott and the World Wildlife Fund, Brian Davies and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and Lyall Watson. The result is a definitive scientific argument for the complete preservation of whales, and an autobiographical and often anecdotal history of the past five decades, including the recent victories in protecting the whales and the Southern Ocean.

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