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Inuit subsistence whaling, 2007. A beluga whale is flensed for its maktaaq (skin), an important source of vitamin C. [1]Aboriginal whaling or indigenous whaling is the hunting of whales by indigenous peoples recognised by either IWC (International Whaling Commission) or the hunting is considered as part of indigenous activity by the country. [2]
Subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale is permitted by the International Whaling Commission, under limited conditions. While whaling is banned in most parts of the world, some of the Native peoples of North America, including the Inuit and Iñupiat peoples in Alaska, [1] continue to hunt the Bowhead whale. Aboriginal whaling is valued for its ...
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), caught in an Inuit subsistence whale hunt in Igloolik, Nunavut in 2002. Reindeer (caribou): During the majority of the year, they roam the tundra in small herds, but twice a year large herds of reindeer cross the inland regions. Reindeer have excellent senses of smell and hearing so that the hunters must be ...
Whaling in Canada encompasses both aboriginal and commercial whaling, and has existed on all three Canadian oceans, Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic.The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast have whaling traditions dating back millennia, and the hunting of cetaceans continues by Inuit (mostly beluga and narwhal, but also the subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale).
Whale Cove, initially settled by three distinct Inuit groups (one inland and two coastal), is a relatively traditional community: 95% Inuit, [6] who wear fur, hunt, fish, eat raw meat and fish. Several bowhead whales may appear in the area as well. [ 7 ]
Canada left the IWC in 1982, and the only IWC-regulated species currently harvested by the Canadian Inuit is the bowhead whale. [52] As of 2004, the limit on bowhead whale hunting allows for the hunt of one whale every two years from the Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population, and one whale every 13 years from the Baffin Bay-Davis Strait population. [53]
Modern Inuit toggling harpoon head used for seal hunting. On the harpoon handle. Modern Inuit toggling harpoon head used for seal hunting. Off the harpoon handle. The toggling harpoon is an ancient weapon and tool used in whaling to impale a whale when thrown.
This shortened the season for open-water whale hunting. By the 16th century, umiak and kayak whale hunting had ceased in the High Arctic. By 1600, the people had moved on and abandoned the High Arctic due to the severe climate changes. [6] [page needed] The Thule Eskimos who lived near open water were not as affected by the decrease in ...