U.S. and Russian Scientists Partner to Study Polar Bear and Seal Populations Polar bear image captured during aerial survey of the Chukchi Sea. Credit: NOAA Fisheries. Polar bears and seals know no international boundaries. Climate change is rapidly diminishing their sea ice habitat. A new aerial survey is helping us understand how they’ll respond to…
Alaska’s Polar Bear Co-Management Centered in Nome JoJo Phillips knom.org/wp/blog/2019/10/01/alaskas-polar-bear-co-management-centered-in-nome/ LAST WEEK, THE ALASKA NANNUT CO-MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (ANCC) officially opened its headquarters in Nome. The ANCC, which represents Alaska Native tribes and hunters that rely on polar bears for subsistence, was founded in 2017 by members of the public and supported by regional organizations, such…
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…