The International Whaling Commission (IWC) allows for whaling on otherwise protected animals when it is conducted by certain indigenous people to satisfy subsistence needs. The rules for aboriginal ...
Fastening harpoon points, Courtesy: Library of Congress Shore whaling is taken up at Southampton, Long Island. The fledgling industry is manned by Native Americans, who are paid a percentage based ...
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/whaling-interview-dr-tim-d-smith/ As part of the decade long Census of Marine Life project, Dr. Tim D. Smith ...