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17. FYI, the bowhead population is 10,000 and growing fast

Sat Sep 16, 2017, 08:36 AM

Sep 2017

There were only 5000 of them 20 years ago.

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Alaska Eskimo group seeks hike in whaling harvest quotas [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2017 OP

Ick. No. Just....no. Coventina Sep 2017 #1

I saw a dead bowhead in the Bering Sea back in 2003 jpak Sep 2017 #2

No. paleotn Sep 2017 #7

Not at all FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #19

excellent observation... cntrfthrs Sep 2017 #26

This makes me very sad janterry Sep 2017 #4

It's not like this is needed for survival anymore for them. alphafemale Sep 2017 #5

You might want to look up the definition of "subsistence." WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #8

Almost sounds like.....Casinos nt alphafemale Sep 2017 #9

Yeah, those bingo halls are raking it in. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #10

Hell no Yupster Sep 2017 #11

Do you live hundreds of miles from a grocery store too? NickB79 Sep 2017 #15

You do realize what subsistence living means, right? NickB79 Sep 2017 #24

Yes, I do know what subsitance living means. pennylane100 Sep 2017 #25

No. paleotn Sep 2017 #6

...and if they claim that it is part of their "heritage" MurrayDelph Sep 2017 #12

The article says the population has had a 100% increase NickB79 Sep 2017 #16

I agree FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #20

Good for them GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #13

"why should they not be able to maintain their traditional life? " FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #21

We will just have to agree to disagree GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #22

I'd say that really depends on how much the population has grown. Xolodno Sep 2017 #14

FYI, the bowhead population is 10,000 and growing fast NickB79 Sep 2017 #17

10,000 remaining of an entire species FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #18

DU loves it when those who don't live it Mike__M Sep 2017 #28