AEWC

AEWC In 1977, as a result of the ban, Eskimo whalers established the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC) to represent the whaling communities in an effort to convince the United States Government and the IWC to take action to preserve the Eskimos subsistence hunt of bowhead whales. Since 1977, representatives of the AEWC have attended every annual meeting of the IWC, providing scientific research on the bowhead whale conducted through the efforts of the AEWC, the North Slope Borough and NOAA. State-of-the-art research methods are the foundation for management of this hunt. The hunters have devoted many years of research and development to upgrades of their traditional hand-held weapons, to ensure the safest, most efficient, and most humane hunt possible. The IWC has accepted the quantitative method used for establishing and updating Alaska Native Aboriginal subsistence need for bowhead whales... The AEWC is a non-profit 501c3 Alaska Native Organization. Work toward accomplishing..

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