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The northern fur seal: a subsistence and commerical resource for Aleuts of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, Alaska
études inuit. Inuit studies • 11 (2) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 51-72
By: Veltre, Douglas William, Veltre, Mary J..
Abstract
This is a study of the Aleutian subsistence and commercial seal hunting from pre-contact times up to the moratorium period. The Russian-American Company moved Aleutians to the Pribloff Islands in 1786 to hunt seals for the lucrative fur trade. Because of the depletion of the seal stock, hunting began to be regulated with the 1957 Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Seals and later, the Fur Seal Act of 1966. An outright ban on all seal hunting was finally implemented in 1984. The authors examine the place of seal hunting in Aleutian history and subsistence activity prior to 1984 and argue that the Aleuts should be allowed to continue to hunt seals for their subsistence and cultural reasons.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2007
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1980-1981
- Coverage Date
- 1786-1985
- Coverage Place
- Pribilof and Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
- Notes
- By Douglas W. Veltre and Mary J. Veltre
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72)
- LCCN
- 80640922
- LCSH
- Aleuts