Editing Whaling (section)

=== United States ===
{{Main|Whaling in the United States}}
[[File:Hopson Whaling Crew.jpg|thumb|A traditional whaling crew in [[Alaska]]]]
[[File:Whales party for oil wells.JPG|thumb|Whales party upon [[Pennsylvania oil rush|newly discovered oil in Pennsylvania]] in [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] magazine on April 20, 1861]]
In the United States, beluga whaling is widely carried out, catching about 300 belugas per year,<ref name="sar2017" />
monitored by the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee. The [[Beluga whale#Beluga catches by location|annual catch]] ranges between 250 and 600 per year.

[[Subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale]] is carried out by nine different indigenous Alaskan communities, and is managed by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission which reports to the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]. The hunt takes around 50 [[bowhead whale]]s a year from a population of about 10,500 in Alaskan waters. Conservationists fear this hunt is not sustainable, though the IWC Scientific Committee, the same group that provided the above population estimate, projects a population growth of 3.2% per year. Bowhead whales weigh approximately 5–10 times as much as [[minke whale]]s. The hunt also took an average of one or two gray whales each year until 1996. The quota was reduced to zero in that year due to sustainability concerns. A future review may result in the gray whale hunt being resumed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456973/html/nn6page1.stm|work= BBC News | title=In Depth}}</ref>

The [[Makah people|Makah]] tribe in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] also reinstated whaling in 1999, despite protests from animal rights groups. They are currently{{when|date=January 2019}} seeking to resume whaling of the [[gray whale]],<ref>[http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/Gray-Whales/Makah-Whale-Hunt.cfm Makah Whale Hunt] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207110406/http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/Gray-Whales/Makah-Whale-Hunt.cfm |date=February 7, 2012 }}. Nwr.noaa.gov. Retrieved on 2011-10-11.</ref> a right recognized in the [[Treaty of Neah Bay]], within limits (Article 4 of the Treaty).

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! Season
! Catch<ref>[http://www.iwcoffice.org/meetings/chair2007.htm 2007 Chair's report] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626020441/http://www.iwcoffice.org/meetings/chair2007.htm |date=June 26, 2012 }}. Iwcoffice.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-11.</ref> <!-- Is this the catch for just the Mahah people? -->
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! 2003
| 48
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! 2004
| 43
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! 2005
| 68
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! 2006
| 39
|-
! 2007
| 63
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| colspan=2 | All catches in 2003–2007 were [[bowhead whale]]s.
|}

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