NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that it has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2017, the quota is 75 bowhead whales struck. This quota and other applicable limitations govern the harvest of bowhead whales by members of the AEWC.
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Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas
NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that it has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations o...
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82 FR 6493
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“Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas,” thefederalregister.org (January 19, 2017), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2017-01241/whaling-provisions-aboriginal-subsistence-whaling-quotas.