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Canada
Inuit in Canada hunt beluga, narwhal, pilot and bowhead
whales. The three former are "non IWC whales". During the last decade, the Inuit
have taken less than ten bowhead whales.
The Inuit have strict conservation measures. One bowhead can be harvested from
the Baffin Bay population, which stands between 200 and 300 whales, every 13
years. One can be hunted from the 300 to 400 bowhead in Fox Basin, north
Hudson's bay, every two to three years. In Nunavut, one bowhead was taken in
each of the year 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000,2002 and 2005.
Since Canada is not a member of the IWC, there has been some controversy about
the very limited hunt of the bowhead. The IWC has passed resolutions against
Canada, and the US has threatened economic sanctions, without however
implementing any.
The Canadian Inuit also take 300-400 narwhal and 500-700 beluga annually
Further reading:
Land Claim Agreements and the Management of Whaling in the
Canadian Arctic
http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Policies/National/la-cl-ag.htm
Canada Has no Intention of Joining the International Whaling
Commission
http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Culture/ca-ha-n2.htm
Canadian Inuit Say No to IWC
http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Management_Regimes/IWC/ca-in-sa.htm
The IWC does not have legal competence for the management of
small cetaceans
http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Policies/National/th-iw-do.htm
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