strike limit was set at 32 for 1981 and at 19 for 1982. 

 The Agreement and associated Management Plan also set 

 forth required whaling techniques, require the best efforts 

 of whalers to strike only those whales that are less than 

 12 meters long and presumed to be sexually immature, and 

 provide for assessment of civil penalties for violations 

 of the strike or landed limit. The Alaska Eskimo Whaling 

 Commission assumes the responsibility for determining the 

 allocation of strikes among the whaling villages under the 

 terms of the Agreement and for providing daily oral reports 

 during the hunt concerning the number of strikes and 

 landings and a detailed written report within 30 days 

 after conclusion of the hunt. 



Eskimo Whaling During 1982 



The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission allocated the total 

 of 19 strikes among the whaling villages and monitored and 

 reported on whaling activities during 1982 in compliance 

 with the Cooperative Agreement. At the end of the spring 

 hunt, six whales had been landed and ten more struck but 

 lost for a total of 16 strikes. During the fall hunt, one 

 whale was landed and two were struck but lost, resulting in 

 a total for the year of 19 strikes, of which eight were 

 landed and 11 lost. The Eskimo whalers ceased whaling after 

 the 19th whale was struck but lost. The 1982 hunt, like 

 that in 1981, complied with the limits established by the 

 International Whaling Commission's three-year quota and the 

 Cooperative Agreement. A total of 18 strikes remain 

 available under the IWC ' s three-year quota for use in 1983. 



Consideration by the International 

 Whaling Commission During 1982 



In addition to adopting a resolution and a Schedule 

 amendment establishing an aboriginal whaling scheme (discussed 

 in Chapter III of this Report) , members of the IWC also 

 considered at their July 1982 meeting the report by the 

 United States relating to the Eskimo bowhead hunts and the 

 report of the Scientific Committee relating to the status 

 and trends of the affected population. Reports on the 1981 

 hunts indicated that 17 bowhead whales had been landed and 

 11 others had been struck and lost. The Scientific 

 Committee considered the results of U.S. research during the 

 preceding year and concluded that previous estimates should 

 be corrected to account for whales missed in shore-based 

 censuses. It concluded that the best estimate of present 



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