Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council

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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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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