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Bowhead WhaleArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml/list.htmlSouth Coast Today,Ms. Shaw said she would like to see the museum make room someday, some way for a bowhead whale, "an important species for the whaling industry," alongside Pictured: A photographer's very close encounter with a majestic ... - 27 Sep 2008 Daily Mail,Bowhead Whale, which has its own genus, Balaena also belongs to the Balaenidae family, and so is sometimes considered a right whale. Published Wednesday, September 3, 2008, by Northern News Services ... - Sep 3, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),Whale Cove residents had a rare visitor last month: a bowhead whale. "We have belugas, but that's it. To see a bowhead whale so close to shore, The whaling perspective - Sep 12, 2008 Petroleum NewsMMS duly obliged and the agency has now published a research report called “Quantitative description of potential impacts of OCS activities on bowhead whale Canada Preserves Arctic Wilderness for Whales, Bears, Birds - Sep 4, 2008 Environment News ServiceThe Niginganiq (nee geen ga nik) National Wildlife Area protects key bowhead whale habitat, and the Akpait (ak pa eet) and Qaqulluit (ka koo loo eet) Restoration complete on whaling station - Sep 25, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),...by foreign whalers in the 1920s, local hunters continued to use it and in 1998 it was used it as a base camp for the community's last bowhead whale hunt. Arctic ice melt not quite a record - Sep 17, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,The villagers had just harpooned a 23-foot bowhead whale, the first of the three a year that they are allowed to take under subsistence agreements. Greenland whale hunt 'commercial' - Sep 8, 2008 Russia Journal,Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too... commercial in character. Warmed-over pact creates three new sanctuaries - Aug 28, 2008 Nunatsiaq News,Those include three new wildlife areas: a long-awaited bowhead whale sanctuary at Isabella Bay near Clyde River and two new protected areas near Venture Arctic & The Eco-Revolution - Sep 23, 2008 Green Muze,You can blow the scent of a beached bowhead whale to a hungry wolverine, melt snow to feed epic herds of caribou, or freeze over the ocean to protect Sam Branson's Arctic diary - Sep 2, 2008 Mirror.co.uk,There were two large fin whales and a bowhead whale swimming off the bow of the boat. They would disappear under the icy water before coming up to spray the USC Upstate’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Department ... - Aug 29, 2008 USC Upstate,Dr. Romanek will discuss using stable isotopes to investigate whale ecology in a seminar titled “Arctic Ecology of the Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)�. FACTBOX-Alaska's environment and green issues - Sep 10, 2008 Reuters AlertNet,...million acre (7.7 million hectare) refuge is home to 45 species of land and marine mammals, ranging in size from the pygmy shrew to the bowhead whale. Hardly an Earth Mother - Sep 7, 2008 Tampabay.com,I'd like her to see the endangered bowhead whale, the beluga whales, the bearded, ringed, and spotted seals. I'd like her to see polar bears. Kangiqsujuaq gets first bowhead in a century - 14 Aug 2008 Nunatsiaq News,KANGIQSUJUAQ - Noah Annahatak thrust a harpoon into a bowhead whale Aug. 10, marking the first bowhead kill on Nunavik's Hudson Strait coast in more than a Open ANWR Already! The case for drilling—and more energy production - 14 Aug 2008 Reason Online,I saw a bowhead whale breaching and little sea otters (once nearly extinct) in Seward Harbour during one afternoon boat trip out into the bay. Around Nunavut - 14 Aug 2008 Nunatsiaq News,In 1996, he wrote a lengthy commentary for Nunatsiaq News about the failed bowhead whale hunt held that year near Repulse Bay. In the Feb. A whale of a snack - Jul 26, 2008 Salt Lake Tribune,By Kimberly Miller Part of a bowhead whale fluke is cut up during a Nalukataq in Barrow, Alaska. Barrow, Alaska » I hesitantly bit into the piece of Music festival marks revival of bowhead hunt - Aug 7, 2008 Nunatsiaq News,KANGIQSUJUAQ - The bowhead whale surfaced, but Mani Kutaak, harpoon in hand, froze with fear. The whale was gigantic, but his brother killed it. Delegation introduces bills to protect whaling rights of Alaska ... - Jul 31, 2008 Arctic Sounder,...“This legislation is crucial to insure that the Alaska Native subsistence bowhead whale quota will continue to be set, even if the International Whaling A man for all species - Jul 27, 2008 Indianapolis Star,Answer: It has to do with the status of the bowhead whale population that is harvested by the Alaskan Eskimo communities on the North Slope. In world of thinning ice, Arctic scientists view life and death - Jul 24, 2008 Dutch Harbor Fisherman,Sekiguchi was excited to see her first bowhead whale on the cruise. The sighting was due in part to having all the right equipment searching for whales. In rural Alaska, fuel costs now matter of survival - Aug 6, 2008 The Associated PressThere are ceremonies in the center of town to celebrate a successful hunt for bowhead whale. The captain of the boat is obliged to share his bounty with Community profile: Kivalina - Jul 30, 2008 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),...village where about 97 percent of the population is Alaska Native and subsistence activities, including hunts for the bowhead whale, provide most foods. Sen. Murkowski pushes for ratification of Arctic treaty - Jul 27, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Thursday that would authorize the US Secretary of Commerce to set the subsistence bowhead whale Shell plans unmanned flights over oil seas - Aug 1, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,The National Marine Fisheries Service plans bowhead whale migration and feeding surveys called for MMS. Fish and Wildlife also plans surveys for polar bears Perish the thought of drilling - Jul 27, 2008 Toledo Blade,The Arctic refuge is home to 45 species of land and marine mammals, from the pigmy shrew to the bowhead whale; 36 species of fish, and 180 species of birds, BP unveils plans to tap off-shore reserves - Jul 15, 2008 KTUU,WWF also says seismic surveying, a first step in development, can create noise that interrupts feeding grounds for marine mammals like the bowhead whale. Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears - 25 Apr 2008 The Associated PressAfter the narwhal — which is also known as the "corpse whale" — and polar bear, the most at risk were the hooded seal, bowhead whale and walrus. New estimates say Eastern Arctic bowhead whales are not endangered ... - Apr 14, 2008 The Canadian Press..."Now that the bowhead whale population has come back to historical numbers, there shouldn't be any stopping us," said Nirlungayuk. Scott Hollifield: It's official -- no state-sponsored cocktail - Apr 10, 2008 McDowell News,The bowhead whale is actually Alaska's official marine mammal and would crush your car like aluminum can. (And, if my petition is successful, the aluminum At Risk: bears and a way of life - Apr 19, 2008 The Gazette (Montreal),Three years after scientists were ready to list the bowhead whale as threatened, the department said the whales are even more bountiful than they were The Edge of Extinction - Apr 7, 2008 Vanity Fair,But by the time I arrived, in mid-September, they’d been dining for days on prey already dead: the stinking remains of bowhead-whale carcasses. IFAW seeks help for polar bears - Apr 21, 2008 Cape Codder,She said the melting arctic ice not only imperils polar bears but ice seals, walrus and even the bowhead whale. “There is a gap between what scientists are A week's worth of science news - Mar 30, 2008 Toronto Star,One of the mysteries of this aspect of the Arctic environment revolves around the bowhead whale. Scientists believe it consumes Calanus and other copepods From snowmachine to the stage - Apr 4, 2008 Tundra Drums,For the uninitiated, her Eskimo salad is a tossed medley of beluga, bowhead whale muktuk, seal, smoked salmon, aged blubber and bits of apple, radish, Minnesotans fight for polar bears' rights - Mar 27, 2008 Minnesota Daily,The Bowhead Whale and the walrus habitats are also threatened by drilling in the area. Jane Chen, fisheries and wildlife sophomore, has been advocating the Bowhead Whale Imperiled by Arctic Drilling Plans - Feb 19, 2008 Common Dreams (press release),...seismic blasts and other disturbances flowing from huge federal offshore oil lease sales in the Arctic put the highly endangered bowhead whale at great NOAA proposes to keep bowhead whale hunt - Feb 5, 2008 Seattle Times,By MARY PEMBERTON AP MIKE GALGINAITIS / AP Members of a whaling crew stood next to a bowhead whale they caught on Sept. 13, 2006, near Nuiqsut, Alaska. NOAA Fisheries Releases Bowhead Whale Hunt Document - Feb 5, 2008 AlaskaReport,NOAA says with the bowhead whale population increasing, Alaska Natives should be allowed to harvest 255 bowhead whales from 2008 through 2012. Agency proposes keeping bowhead whale hunt at current levels - Feb 4, 2008 KTUU,AP - February 4, 2008 8:14 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A federal agency today released its preferred option for subsistence hunting of bowhead whales for Shell offers reduced drilling plan in face of - Feb 20, 2008 EnergyCurrent,...are a traditional hunting ground of the tribe and near calving grounds of the endangered Bowhead whale, which is a target of native subsistence hunting. Oil and injustice for all - Feb 10, 2008 RU Daily Targum (subscription),...harm to a pristine area that provides sanctuary to a tenth of the world's polar bears and shelters the migratory path of the endangered bowhead whale. Suit Seeks to Block Oil Search Off Alaska - Jan 31, 2008 New York Times,The plaintiffs hope to stop plans to develop 29 million acres, which they argue could harm the endangered bowhead whale, a staple of subsistence hunting, James Le Fanu: Doctor's diary - Feb 17, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,The bowhead whale leads, with a maximum lifespan of 200 years - recently killed specimens had harpoons from the 1790s in their bodies. ASRC Energy Services proposes seismic activity in the Chukchi Sea - Feb 14, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,Borough spokesperson David Harding indicated that the borough generally opposes offshore seismic activity because it disturbs bowhead whale migration and Kugluktuk heritage fair promotes culture, history - Feb 12, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),..."I wanted to find out more about the bowhead whale so I looked on the Internet." The heritage fair, held on Jan. 31, was a way to celebrate the history and Journey To The Ends Of The Earth - Feb 9, 2008 Evening Bulletin,The polar regions teem with life, and the exhibition offers sightings of the Arctic fox, the caribou and the bowhead whale. Colorful yet delicate flowers, Native and Conservation Groups Voice Opposition to Lease Sale 193 ... - Feb 6, 2008 Business Wire (press release),An oil spill in the Chukchi Sea could devastate the bowhead whale migration and other animals we have subsisted on for thousands of years. Breaking News Beaufort Sea lawsuit filed by Inupiat over upcoming ... - Jan 31, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,...and encompasses the migration route of the bowhead whale, which the Inupiaq people of the North Slope have subsisted on for thousands of years. Uncle follows quest for an elusive giant bowhead - Nov 8, 2007 Arctic Sounder,This is about a bowhead whale hunt. My uncle, Tom, has been preparing for this particular hunt for several months. He has waited longer than usual because Loss of 'goddess' a grave warning sign - Nov 30, 2007 Independent Online,There were some success stories, such as the Alaskan bowhead whale whose numbers were increasing at more than three percent a year, which was "great news". A Menagerie of Longevity - Nov 25, 2007 Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies,Bowhead whale lifespans have been calculated as exceeding 200 years in some cases using a method which extrapolates age from the ratio of left-handed to Dr. William Hogarth announces his intention to leave NOAA - Nov 26, 2007 Sport FishingThis year Bill obtained the subsistence bowhead whale quota for the Alaskan tribal community at the International Whaling Commission meeting. November Acoustics Meeting in New Orleans - Nov 6, 2007 Newswise (press release)Another will examine the change in bowhead whale calling behaviors due to noise from boats and from an artificial oil production island in the whales' Arctic swimmer risks life to save planet - Nov 4, 2007 ic Wales,Such changes, he says, would probably leave polar bears extinct as well as several other species including the bowhead whale. And it could also release huge Breadth of Aboriginal art in Toronto - Nov 18, 2007 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,Surely one of the most powerful is the immense, 42-foot prehistoric-looking skeleton of a bowhead whale that dominates the exhibit. Let Us Eat Cake - Nov 8, 2007 nextbook,I love that, putting aside the image of actually being pregnant for 13 months, the gestation period of a bowhead whale. The Jewish calendar is full of even Bush administration backs Shell Oil in Beaufort drilling - Oct 11, 2007 KTUU,...the request of the North Slope Borough and various environmental groups concerned about how drilling would affect the region's bowhead whale migration. "When looking for friends, one shouldn't look for perfection" said ... - Oct 16, 2007 Mounteverest,Polar bears almost exclusively feed on ringed seals and to a lesser extent bearded seals, walrus, beluga whale and bowhead whale carcasses, birds, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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