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In 1977 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) deleted the exemption that allowed Alaska Eskimos to harvest the bowhead whale. This sparked considerable controversy. The IWC had not previously exerted authority over aboriginal whaling. The Eskimos responded by forming the Alaska Eskimo Whaling C...
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ftdatacite:10.17863/cam.39803 2024-09-15T18:00:15+00:00 The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission: effective local management of a subsistence resource ... Huntington, Henry Powell 1989 https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.39803 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/292647 en eng Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository open.access All Rights Reserved http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved/ http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Dissertation thesis Thesis 1989 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.39803 2024-07-03T13:13:19Z In 1977 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) deleted the exemption that allowed Alaska Eskimos to harvest the bowhead whale. This sparked considerable controversy. The IWC had not previously exerted authority over aboriginal whaling. The Eskimos responded by forming the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC). Protests by the whalers led to the establishment of a quota system still in effect today. In response to pressures from the IWC and other outside agencies, the AEWC developed its own Management Plan for bowhead harvests. In 1981, this was incorporated into a Cooperative Agreement between the AEWC and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a Federal agency. Management authority and administration are delegated to the AEWC, and this system has worked effectively. The AEWC has also made great strides in increasing the efficiency of the harvest, through whaling workshops and through weapons improvemenis. The challenge ahead is to protect bowhead habitat from the effects of offshore ... Thesis bowhead whale eskimo* Alaska DataCite |
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In 1977 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) deleted the exemption that allowed Alaska Eskimos to harvest the bowhead whale. This sparked considerable controversy. The IWC had not previously exerted authority over aboriginal whaling. The Eskimos responded by forming the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC). Protests by the whalers led to the establishment of a quota system still in effect today. In response to pressures from the IWC and other outside agencies, the AEWC developed its own Management Plan for bowhead harvests. In 1981, this was incorporated into a Cooperative Agreement between the AEWC and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a Federal agency. Management authority and administration are delegated to the AEWC, and this system has worked effectively. The AEWC has also made great strides in increasing the efficiency of the harvest, through whaling workshops and through weapons improvemenis. The challenge ahead is to protect bowhead habitat from the effects of offshore ... |
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