Compliance, Regulatory Requirements
14 Jan 2025
compliance, fisheries, alaska, noaa, aboriginal whaling, bowhead whales
🐋2025 Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota Regulations Update
NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2025, the AEWC quota is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota and other applicable limitations govern the harvest of bowhead whales by licensed whaling captains of the AEWC.
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