ANCC News – Summer 2023
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U.S. and Russian Scientists Partner to Study Polar Bear and Seal Populations
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…
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Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council, Native Village of Kaktovik, and Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission Outraged Over U.S. District Court Sentence of Kaktovik, Alaska Hunter
Kaktovik, Alaska – Native Village of Kaktovik (“NVK”), Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council (“ANCC”), and Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (“AEWC”) are outraged at the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline in a case against Christopher Gordon, a 36-year-old Kaktovik Alaska hunter, and the overall manner in which this case was handled by…
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Alaska’s Polar Bear Co-Management Centered in Nome
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…
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Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council Comments on Polar Bear Case
Nome, Alaska – The Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council (“ANCC”) is concerned to learn of an alleged wasteful harvest of a polar bear in Kaktovik, Alaska and that the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced a decision yesterday to pursue criminal charges for the alleged violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”), based on an investigation conducted…
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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…
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U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Commission Meets in Chukotka, Identifies Higher Sustainable Harvest Based on Positive Biological Information
The 10th annual meeting of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Commission (Commission) took place in Egvekinot, Chukotka Autonomous Region, Russian Federation July 27-28, 2018. Based on updated science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), the Commission unanimously voted to increase the annual sustainable harvest level of the Alaska-Chukotka polar bear population, which inhabits the Chukchi Sea region…
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