Handel i gospodarka · 10/04/2012

Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has notified the public of the assigned aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales, which is 75 whales per year, and the limitations imposed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) regulations adopted at its 59th Annual Meeting. This quota governs the harvest of bowhead whales by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC).