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Aboriginal subsistence whaling |
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General information |
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United States/Makah |
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Canada |
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Faroe Islands |
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Caribbean |
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Iceland |
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Greenland |
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Indonesia |
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Russia |
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New Zealand |
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Philippines |
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Miscellaneous |
IWC REPORTS
Relevant
extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the
extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports on aboriginal subsistence whaling. The following
links are to the relevant extracts from each year available:
Definition of
Aboriginal/subsistence whaling and management principles for aboriginal whaling
Extract from IWC Report, Special Issue 4, 1981.
OTHER INFORMATION
Declaration
on Inuit Rights to Hunt, Share and Trade Marine Mammals and their Products
Adopted by the 8th General Assembly of the ICC, Nuuk, Greenland,
July 31, 1998
Similarities
and Diversity in Coastal Whaling Operations: A Comparison of Small-Scale Whaling
Activities in Greenland, Iceland, Japan and Norway
Study by the International Study Group for Small-Type Whaling (1992),
on the Whaling Library site.
Aboriginal
Subsistence Whaling: A Concept in the Service of Imperialism
Short essay by Arne Kalland, Professor at the University of Oslo.
Subsistence
Hunting in a Global Economy: Contributions of Northern Wildlife
Co-Management to Community Economic Development
Article by Gary Kofinas on the Indigenous
Peoples Biodiversity Information Network website.
Aboriginal Subsistence
Whaling: A Category in Decay
A short article from the International Harpoon, 1995 - a High North Alliance publication.
Literature on-line
Recent development in the IWC aboriginal subsistence whaling category
Article by Ray Gambell, IWC Secretary, from Whaling in the North Atlantic - Economic and Political Perspectives, Proceedings of a Conference held in Reykjavik, 1997.- The Social, Cultural, and Economic Importance of "Subsistence Whaling"
- Cultural Biodiversity: Indigenous Relationships with their Environment
Two papers by Tom Mexsis Happynook, World Council of Whalers, from the IIFET 2000 conference.
Office of Protected Resources: Makah Whaling Environmental Assessment site
Office of Protected Resources: Gray whale species information page
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Stock Status reports: 2000 1997 |
Decision:
Metcalf v. Daley, 214 F.3d 1135 (9th Cir.2000), U.S. States 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals
Reproduced in the Journal
of International Wildlife Law and Policy.
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
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| Management Plan For Makah Treaty Gray Whale Hunting For The Years 1998-2002 |
Makah Nation
Information on the Makah, including a page on whales.
Makah Whaling Commission
Official website of the agency which manages subsistence whaling for the
Makah Indian Tribe.
Whaling
communities: United States
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Cetacean Society International
CSI's Whales Alive publication contains a number of articles on the Makah
issue:
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July 2000: Makah Whaling: Appeal Wins |
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October 1999: Makah Whaling Also A Political Issue |
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January 1999: Makah Whaling: A Tangled Web |
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October 1998: Makah Whaling |
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July 1998: Makah Whaling Update |
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January 1998: CSI Supports Lawsuit Opposing Makah Whaling |
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January 1997: The Makah Whaling Dance |
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January 1996: CSI Opposes Whaling by the Makah |
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October 1995: The Makah and "Amazing Grace" |
Whaling
from US West Coast?
The
Makah Indians: Keeping their Culture Alive
Makah
Whaling Claim Supported by US Authorities
What
goes around, comes around
Three short articles from the International Harpoon, 1995/6 - a High North Alliance publication.
Special
Action Alert - Makah whaling
Up-to-date overview of the issue from Whales in
Danger, an anti-whaling organization.
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Resolution Opposing Gray Whale Hunt (Press Release) Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, June 26, 1996 |
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Makah Harpoons prod a Whale of a Dilemma (Editorial) The Seattle Times, Sunday, June 23, 1996 |
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Open Letter To The Makah Nation (Petition) API, Animal Protection Institute Of America, 1996 |
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society: Whales campaign
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What
you need to know about the Makah whale hunt
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Safe
Passing
Organization formed to stop the Makah whale hunt.
The Makah Whale Hunt
1999 article which attempts to summarize the recent conflict over Makah plans to
return to whale hunting, reproduced on the National
Council for Science and the Environment.
"Whaling policy"
of the United States: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Brief paper by Stephen S. Boynton, on the Whaling Library site.
Makah Whaling: Tradition and Cultural Renewal
Paper by Ron Ringuette on the University of Puget
Sound.
Makahs and U.S. Defer Request for Tribal Whaling; U.S. Reaffirms Commitment to Native Rights. (Press Release) U.S. Delegation to the International Whaling Commission, June 27, 1996
Whaling
communities: Canada
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Aboriginal
whaling: Canada
Page of information from the Whale and
Dolphin Conservation Society.
Land
Claim Agreements and the Management of Whaling in the Canadian Arctic
Paper by Dan Goodman, of the Canadian DFO, reviewing aboriginal whaling and
the management of whale stocks in the Canadian Arctic.
Resolution
98-02 Regarding the Pangirtung Bowhead Whale Hunt
Resolution adopted at the 1998 meeting of the Inuit
Circumpolar Conference.
High
North News
Three short news articles, covering the issue
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Canadian Inuits Say No to IWC 1994 |
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U.S. Protests Against Canadian Whale Hunt 1996 |
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Canada has No Intention of Joining the IWC 1996 |
Whaling
Information
Website from the Faroese Department
of Foreign Affairs. Includes an overview
of the pilot whale hunt and brief descriptions of other relevant matters,
such as national regulations
and international cooperation.
Whale
and Dolphin Conservation Society: Faroe Islands
Detailed site from the WDCS, dealing with
a number of issues:
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Introduction to the Faroe Islands |
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The Drive |
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Culture and tradition |
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Arguments against pilot whaling |
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Pollutants in pilot whales |
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Faroese commercial whaling |
High North
Alliance
The High North website also contains a
number of papers on Faroese whaling:
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Pilot
Whaling in the Faroe Islands High North Alliance Fact Sheet, 1995 |
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The
Traditional Faroese Catch of Northern Bottlenose Whales ISANA, Japan Whaling Association, 1995 |
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Bottlenose
- the Prince of Whales Grindabod, Department of Fisheries, Faroe Islands, 1996 |
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To
kill a whale Interview with senior veterinarian, Jústines Olsen, on killing methods in the pilot whale hunt ( 1996) |
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Hung
Verdict On Faroese Pilot Whaling, Brian Leith, the Daily Telegraph, 1991 |
Whaling
communities: Faroe Islands
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
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Literature on-line |
Killing
Methods and Equipment in the Faroese Pilot Whale Hunt
English translation of a working paper by Jústines Olsen, originally presented
in Danish at the NAMMCO Workshop on Hunting Methods for marine mammals, held in
Nuuk, Greenland in February 1999. Reproduced on the Faroese Whaling
Information website.
Department of Fisheries, Whales and Whaling in the Faroe Islands (1993)
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Pilot Whaling Today. Whales and Whaling in the Faroe Islands, |
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Dividing the catch - a free share for all |
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Pilot whaling through the centuries - an age-old catch for food |
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Modern standards, up-to-date regulations |
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Sřtur er sjalvgivin biti (About pilot whale meat ) |
Whaling
communities: Caribbean
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Traditional
Humpback Whale Hunting in St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Article by Kerwyn Morris, St. Vincent and The Grenadines in (2000)
2 Journal of
Sustainable Use (Report of the Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on
Sustainable Use of Wildlife Resources, Chengdu, China, November 1999)
Humpback
whaling in St Vincent and the Grenadines
WDCS paper discussing the permitted take of two humpback whales each season
by the Bequians of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Whale
and Dolphin Hunts in the Eastern Caribbean
Information from the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society.
Whales
Brief page from the Icelandic
Ministry of Fisheries.
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Explanation of Iceland's Reservation, 21 July 2001 |
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Opening Statement of Iceland to IWC53, 23 July 2001 |
Whale
resources in the North Atlantic and the concept of sustainability
Jóhann Sigurjónsson
Whaling
and the Icelandic economy Thordur Fridjonsson
Opening
Address by Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
Two papers and an opening address from Whaling in the North Atlantic -
Economic and Political Perspectives, ed. Gudrun Petursdottir, University of
Iceland, 1997
Whaling
communities: Greenland
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Whaling - A Part of Our
Culture
Alaska Eskimo Whaling
Inuvialuit Bowhead
Harvest
Three papers from the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, 1992
Greenpeace:
Indigenous Hunts must be Non-commercial
Greenpeace letter, 1992
Greenland's
whaling policy
Prime minister Lars Emil Johansen's address to Whaling
Conference, March 1997.
Whaling
communities: Indonesia
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Whaling
in the Indonesian village Lamalera.
Geo AustralAsia, 1995
Whaling
communities: Russia
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Russia Defies IWC: Allows
Chukotka Inuit to Take Two Bowheads
1996 news bulletin from the High North Alliance.
Siberian Whalers Seek
Assistance
INWR Digest, International Network for Whaling Research, 1996
Russian
Inuit Want Bowheads
The International Harpoon, 1995
Whaling
communities: Aotearoa (NZ)
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
The
Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources: New Zealand and the International
Whaling Commission
Paper by Sean Kerins, Treaty of
Waitangi Fisheries Commission, New Zealand, 1996.
The
Changing Face of New Zealand's Whaling Policy
Article by M.W. Cawthorn from "Whaling and Anti-Whaling Movement", ICR,
1999.
Whaling
communities: Philippines
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.
Whale
and Dolphin Conservation Society
Selection of pages on aboriginal whaling from the WDCS. Includes the following
sections:
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ASW and the IWC |
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Bowhead Whaling |
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Canada |
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Changing Times |
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Definition of Aboriginal Whaling |
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Aboriginal
Subsistence/Culture Large selection of articles and statements on the issue. |
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Marine
Mammal Hunts Articles and media items on various aboriginal and other hunts. |
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Marine
Hunters Selection of brief articles on commercial and aboriginal marine mammal hunts published in 1997. |
Whaling Library: Social and
Political Topics
There are a number of informative texts on the issues of aboriginal and small-type coastal
whaling on this part of the Whaling Library
site.