Whale Unit Task Exemplar

Whale Quotas;Should North Slope Community Quotas remain the same?

by:Linda Frink

IWC(International Whaling

Commission)

Formed Dec. 2, 1946

82 countries taking part

Meets once a year

Funds scientific research.

IWCPurpose is to review and revise whaling conduct by the countries taking part.

Set limits on size and number harvested.

Have open/closed seasons defined.

Protection of species.

Areas designated as whale sanctuaries.

Catch reports must be kept.

AEWC(Alaska Eskimo Whaling

Commission)Formed in August 1977.

Represent 10 communities; Barrow, Gambell, Kaktovik, Kivalina, Little Diomede, Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Savoonga, Wainwright, and Wales.

Purpose is to protect the bowhead whale subsistence harvest along with all cultural activities and traditions associated with the harvest.

Commission will also provide research and educational activities with regard to the bowhead whale.

THE PROJECTKeynote/PowerPoint about the whaling in the community assigned to your group.

History of whaling in the community.

Roles of the community during the whaling season.

Future of whaling in the community.

History of Whaling

(up to 20 years ago)Since 800 A.D. Inupiaqs have hunted the bowhead whale.

Commercial whaling-what did it do to the bowhead population

Has there always been whaling?

How was the whale caught?

Provide graphs to show data.

Past Harvest Records

Provide graphs and table to show Past Harvests.

Be able to explain the table or graph.

Community Member Roles

Men’s role;

Captain

Crew

Community

Community Member Roles

Women’s Role;

Captain wives

umiak sewers/garment sewers

support crew during harvest

community members

Community Member Roles

Children Roles

Age that can be member of crew

whale butchering help

other types of jobs

Current Harvest Graphs

(Past 5-10 years)Provide Tables and Graphs to show Current Harvests

Be able to explain the table or graph.

Future of Whaling

POPULATION

YEAR(S) TO WHICH

ESTIMATE APPLIES

APPROXIMATE POINT

ESTIMATE

APPROXIMATE 95%

CONFIDENCE LIMITS

BOWHEAD WHALESBERING-CHUKCHI-BEAUFORT SEAS

STOCK

2001 10,5008,200-13,500

Provide tables and graphs to show what the quota limits should be.

Be able to explain your table or graph.

Bibliography(APA style)

American Cetacean Society Fact Sheet. BOWHEAD WHALE 1999-2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008 from: http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/bowhead.htm

BBC website. Bowhead, Greenland right whale. Retrieved December 3, 2008 from: www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/51.shtml

Braund, Stephen R. & Associates. QUANTIFICATION OF SUBSISTENCE AND CULTURAL NEED FOR BOWHEAD WHALES BY ALASKA ESKIMOS 2007 Update Based on 2000 U.S. Census Data. April 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2008 from; http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:cgEYQQz_MycJ:www.iwcoffice.org/_documents/commission/IWC59docs/59-ASW6.pdf+alaska+eskimo+whaling+commission&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Huntington, Henry. Alaska Eskimo Whaling, published by Inuit Circumpolar Conference, June 1992, Special Issue. Retrieved October 14, 2008 from: http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Hunts/Other/al-es-wh.htm

International Whaling Commission, Retrieved October 14, 2008 from: http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm

NOAA. The International Year of the Ocean Home Page. Retrieved December 3, 2008 from: www.yoto98.noaa.gov/books/whales/whale1.htm

Overview of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. Retrieved October 14, 2008 from: http://www.uark.edu/misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/AEWC/AEWC.htm

Suydam, Robert, John C. George, 1Cheryl Rosa, 1Brian Person, 1Cyd Hanns, 2Gay Sheffield, and 1Josh Bacon. Subsistence harvest of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) by Alaskan Eskimos during 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2008 from: www.iwcoffice.org/_documents/sci_com/SC60docs/SC-60-BRG10.pdf