Subsistence Harvest Results
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment to Access the Impacts of Issuing Subsistence Quota for Bowhead Whales
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, to assess the impacts of issuing the International Whaling Commission (IWC) subsistence quota for bowhead whales to…
Published
06/25/2025
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowhead Whales 2001-2000
Notices of aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that NOAA Fisheries has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission.
Effective
06/25/2025
Rule to Eliminate the Extension of and Change the Start Date of the Subsistence Harvest of Northern Fur Seals
This rule eliminates the option, currently available in the Fur Seal Act regulations, for the Secretary to extend the subsistence harvest of fur seals on the Pribilof Islands beyond August 8 each year. The option is being eliminated to provide…
Effective
06/25/2025
Northern Fur Seal Subsistence and Handicraft Take Restrictions
Final rule to put restrictions upon the subsistence and handicraft taking of fur seals and provided that the harvest may be suspended once the subsistence needs of the Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos who live on the Pribilof Islands had been satisfied.
Effective
06/25/2025