Polar Bear Harvest Quota Raised
By JAMES MASON The Nome Nugget nomenugget.com/news/polar-bear-harvest-quota-raised At the 10th annual meeting of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Commission in Egvekinot, Chukotka July 27 to 28 the annual sustainable harvest level of the Alaska-Chukotka polar bear population was raised. The commission acted on information from science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in raising the quota from 58…