indigenous whaling

Eskimo subsistence whaling reaffirmed

Submitted by Rick Eyre on May 30 2007, 11:35 am

Aboriginal subsistence hunting of approximately 56 bowhead whales a year till 2012 has been approved on day two of IWC59.

Here's the background paper prepared for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Committee, and a paper submitted by Russia on behalf of the Chuktoka people. The "needs" statements for Japan and Greenland are yet to be discussed.

IWC meeting set to start, Japan seeks small-scale coastal whaling

Submitted by Rick Eyre on May 28 2007, 11:11 pm

IWC meeting set to start, Japan seeks small-scale coastal whaling (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
"The International Whaling Commission will begin a three-day annual meeting Monday in Anchorage, Alaska, with Japan seeking the resumption of small-scale coastal whaling."