The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission: effective local management of a subsistence resource

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huntington, Henry Powell
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cambridge 1989
Subjects:
Baldwin
bowhead whale
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/292647
https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.39803

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