Long-term Limits on Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest

NOAA Fisheries issues final regulations establishing long-term limits on the maximum number of Cook Inlet beluga whales that may be taken by Alaska Natives for subsistence and handicraft purposes. These regulations were developed after:

• proceedings and public comment connected to an on-the-record rule-making and hearings before Administrative Law Judge Parlen L. McKenna
• consultations with the parties to the hearings, including Alaska Native Organizations
• comments received from the public on the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)