The legal aspects of whale protection and radioactive pollution of the World Ocean

Introduction: the issue of the protection of cetaceans is regulated by a fairly large number of universal international treaties, including the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, but despite this, the trend of reducing their numbers continues. Over the past decade, the problem of radioactive waste emissions into the World Ocean has worsened.