Whaling Commission Meeting Concludes; U.S. Fisheries Chief Elected Chairman The 58th
The United States will host the 59th International Whaling Commission meeting in Anchorage, AK, during May 2007. A critical focus of the meeting will be subsistence hunting quotas of the Western Arctic bowhead whale. Ten Alaska Native villages in the far north conduct subsistence bowhead whale hunts overseen by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and NOAA Fisheries. Aboriginal whaling quotas for the eastern population of the North Pacific gray whale will also be discussed.
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Whaling Commission Meeting Concludes; U.S. Fisheries Chief Elected Chairman
The 58th
International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting concluded last week in St. Kitts and Nevis. Member nations of the International Whaling Commission have elected NOAA Fisheries’ Director, William Hogarth, to be the next commission chair. Elected by consensus of the 70 commissioners, the chairman usually serves for a period of three years. Mr. Minoru Morimoto of Japan was elected as vice-chair. The IWC is responsible for addressing issues such as whaling limits, the rebuilding of whale stocks, whale sanctuaries, and sharing of the latest scientific data and information.The United States will host the 59th International Whaling Commission meeting in Anchorage, AK, during May 2007. A critical focus of the meeting will be subsistence hunting quotas of the Western Arctic bowhead whale. Ten Alaska Native villages in the far north conduct subsistence bowhead whale hunts overseen by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and NOAA Fisheries. Aboriginal whaling quotas for the eastern population of the North Pacific gray whale will also be discussed.
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