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    White paper on management and utilization of large whales in Greenland. [Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission].

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    2012
    Corporate Author
    Government of Greenland, Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture
    Status
    Published
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    94pp.
    
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    Abstract
    Within the IWC context, Greenland’s hunt of large whales falls in the category of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling (ASW) together with the whaling of the Russian Federation, St. Vincent and The Grenadines and the USA. For aboriginal subsistence whaling the IWC has the following objectives: - ensure risks of extinction not seriously increased (highest priority); - enable harvests in perpetuity appropriate to cultural and nutritional requirements; - maintain stocks at highest net recruitment level and if below that ensure they move towards it. The Greenland hunt for large whales respects those objectives......
    Publisher
    Government of Greenland, Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture
    Greenland
    Series;Nr
    IWC/64/ASW/X;
    Document Language
    en
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
    14.2
    Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
    N/A
    Spatial Coverage
    Greenland waters
    Arctic Region
    Citation
    Government of Greenland, Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture (2012) White paper on management and utilization of large whales in Greenland. [Presented at 63rd Annual Meeting of International Whaling Commission]. Greenland, Government of Greenland, Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture, 95pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1699
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    https://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329/1832
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1699
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