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May 11, 2008, 3:22:35 PM5/11/08
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On 10 May, 23:40, "blutur...@gmail.com" <blutur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 7:23 am, "blutur...@gmail.com" <blutur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > PLEASE pass this along WIDE!
> > the comments on the papers "sound off" are ignorant nonnatives. It is
> > important natives share their opinion and end the ignorance.
>
> > Public is asked to weigh in on Makah whaling
> > Fisheries service releases analysis for comment
> > By LISA STIFFLER
> > P-I REPORTER
>
> > The federal government is asking for feedback on a proposal to allow
> > the Makah Indian Nation to hunt Pacific gray whales off the Washington
> > coast.
>
> > The National Marine Fisheries Service released an analysis Friday of
> > the environmental and social effects of five different hunting
> > scenarios, plus an option of not allowing a hunt. The agency is
> > considering permitting the killing of up 20 whales over five years.
>
> > The different scenarios include restrictions on how many whales could
> > be killed annually, how many could be struck but not killed, and when
> > and where the hunting could occur.
>
> > Once included on the endangered species list, the total population of
> > gray whales is more than 20,000, and in the 1990s totaled more than
> > 24,000 animals.
>
> > "It seems to be stable. When a population starts to reach its natural
> > peak, it will fluctuate a few percentage points," said Brian Gorman, a
> > fisheries service spokesman in Seattle. "It is considered a healthy
> > population."
>
> > The tribe, from the northwest corner of the state, has an 1855 treaty
> > right to whaling. It killed its first whale in 70 years in 1999,
> > sparking celebrations among tribal members and protests from
> > environmental activists.
>
> > Then last September, a group of five tribal members illegally
> > harpooned and killed a whale. The federal government was reviewing a
> > request made in 2005 to conduct additional hunting. The men involved
> > await sentencing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on charges related
> > to the killing.
>
> > The unpermitted hunt does not affect the current proposal. "This is a
> > separate thing," Gorman said. "It's not really a deal-breaker here."
>
> > The analysis released Friday, called a draft environmental impact
> > statement, is one of the first steps in the long process of approving
> > a whale hunt. It will be followed by public hearings, a final impact
> > statement and a hearing before an administrative law judge.
>
> > The draft proposal addresses concerns about the whale population,
> > effects to other wildlife species and economic, ceremonial,
> > subsistence and cultural impacts to the tribe.
>
> > While the tribe has treaty rights to hunt the animals, the whales are
> > protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and in 2002 the 9th
> > U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the fisheries service to examine
> > the broad effects of a whale hunt.
>
> > Approval for resumed hunting could take more than a year.
>
> > HOW TO COMMENT ON WHALING
>
> > Read the draft proposal for a whale hunt: goto.seattlepi.com/r1421
>
> > Submit comments until June 8 by e-mail to MakahDEIS....@noaa.gov,
> > subject line Attn: 2008 Makah DEIS; by mail to Steve Stone, NOAA
> > Fisheries Northwest Region, 1201 N.E. Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,
> > Portland, OR 97232; or by fax to 503-230-5441, Attn: 2008 Makah DEIS.
>
> > Attend a public meeting 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., May 28, at the Vern Burton
> > Memorial Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles, or 6:30 to
> > 9:30 p.m., June 2, at the Lake Union Park Armory-Great Hall, 860 Terry
> > Ave. N., Seattle.
>
> > P-I reporter Lisa Stiffler can be reached at 206-448-8042 or
> > lisastiff...@seattlepi.com. Read her blog on the environment at
> > datelineearth.com.
> > Soundoff
>
> A realated story with dates and times for public hearing at the bottom
>
> Makah whaling permit: Environmental-impact statement issued
> By Seattle Times staff
>
> Related
>
> Draft EIS on Makah Whale-Hunting Request
> Archive | Tribal judge rejects whalers' plea deal
> The National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a draft environmental-
> impact statement assessing a proposal by the Makah Tribe to hunt gray
> whales.
>
> The document, more than 900 pages long, does not make a recommendation
> about whether the tribe should be allowed to hunt. That won't happen
> until after a series of public meetings, where officials will provide
> an overview of the environmental-impact statement and offer
> opportunities for comment.
>
> The tribe has a right to whaling under a treaty with the United
> States, and killed its first whale in 70 years in 1999, but it must
> get a permit to legally hunt. The Makah did not have permission to
> take the whale killed in September by five tribal members.
>
> The environmental-impact statement is one step toward getting the
> permit. It discusses a harvest of as many as 20 whales in a five-year
> period with restrictions on the timing and locations in the Strait of
> Juan de Fuca near the reservation at Neah Bay, and alternatives to the
> proposal.
>
> The comment period closes July 8.
>
> Two public meetings in Washington are scheduled:
>
> • May 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Vern Burton Memorial Community
> Center, 308 East Fourth St., Port Angeles.
>
> • June 2, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Lake Union Park Armory, Great Hall, 860
> Terry Ave. N., Seattle.
>
> Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
> On May 10, 7:23 am, "blutur...@gmail.com" <blutur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > PLEASE pass this along WIDE!
> > the comments on the papers "sound off" are ignorant nonnatives. It is
> > important natives share their opinion and end the ignorance.
>
> > Public is asked to weigh in on Makah whaling
> > Fisheries service releases analysis for comment
> > By LISA STIFFLER
> > P-I REPORTER
>
> > The federal government is asking for feedback on a proposal to allow
> > the Makah Indian Nation to hunt Pacific gray whales off the Washington
> > coast.
>
> > The National Marine Fisheries Service released an analysis Friday of
> > the environmental and social effects of five different hunting
> > scenarios, plus an option of not allowing a hunt. The agency is
> > considering permitting the killing of up 20 whales over five years.
>
> > The different scenarios include restrictions on how many whales could
> > be killed annually, how many could be struck but not killed, and when
> > and where the hunting could occur.
>
> > Once included on the endangered species list, the total population of
> > gray whales is more than 20,000, and in the 1990s totaled more than
> > 24,000 animals.
>
> > "It seems to be stable. When a population starts to reach its natural
> > peak, it will fluctuate a few percentage points," said Brian Gorman, a
> > fisheries service spokesman in Seattle. "It is considered a healthy
> > population."
>
> > The tribe, from the northwest corner of the state, has an 1855 treaty
> > right to whaling. It killed its first whale in 70 years in 1999,
> > sparking celebrations among tribal members and protests from
> > environmental activists.
>
> > Then last September, a group of five tribal members illegally
> > harpooned and killed a whale. The federal government was reviewing a
> > request made in 2005 to conduct additional hunting. The men involved
> > await sentencing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on charges related
> > to the killing.
>
> > The unpermitted hunt does not affect the current proposal. "This is a
> > separate thing," Gorman said. "It's not really a deal-breaker here."
>
> > The analysis released Friday, called a draft environmental impact
> > statement, is one of the first steps in the long process of approving
> > a whale hunt. It will be followed by public hearings, a final impact
> > statement and a hearing before an administrative law judge.
>
> > The draft proposal addresses concerns about the whale population,
> > effects to other wildlife species and economic, ceremonial,
> > subsistence and cultural impacts to the tribe.
>
> > While the tribe has treaty rights to hunt the animals, the whales are
> > protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and in 2002 the 9th
> > U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the fisheries service to examine
> > the broad effects of a whale hunt.
>
> > Approval for resumed hunting could take more than a year.
>
> > HOW TO COMMENT ON WHALING
>
> > Read the draft proposal for a whale hunt: goto.seattlepi.com/r1421
>
> > Submit comments until June 8 by e-mail to MakahDEIS....@noaa.gov,
> > subject line Attn: 2008 Makah DEIS; by mail to Steve Stone, NOAA
> > Fisheries Northwest Region, 1201 N.E. Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,
> > Portland, OR 97232; or by fax to 503-230-5441, Attn: 2008 Makah DEIS.
>
> > Attend a public meeting 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., May 28, at the Vern Burton
> > Memorial Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles, or 6:30 to
> > 9:30 p.m., June 2, at the Lake Union Park Armory-Great Hall, 860 Terry
> > Ave. N., Seattle.
>
> > P-I reporter Lisa Stiffler can be reached at 206-448-8042 or
> > lisastiff...@seattlepi.com. Read her blog on the environment at
> > datelineearth.com.
> > Soundoff
>
> A realated story with dates and times for public hearing at the bottom
>
> Makah whaling permit: Environmental-impact statement issued
> By Seattle Times staff
>
> Related
>
> Draft EIS on Makah Whale-Hunting Request
> Archive | Tribal judge rejects whalers' plea deal
> The National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a draft environmental-
> impact statement assessing a proposal by the Makah Tribe to hunt gray
> whales.
>
> The document, more than 900 pages long, does not make a recommendation
> about whether the tribe should be allowed to hunt. That won't happen
> until after a series of public meetings, where officials will provide
> an overview of the environmental-impact statement and offer
> opportunities for comment.
>
> The tribe has a right to whaling under a treaty with the United
> States, and killed its first whale in 70 years in 1999, but it must
> get a permit to legally hunt. The Makah did not have permission to
> take the whale killed in September by five tribal members.
>
> The environmental-impact statement is one step toward getting the
> permit. It discusses a harvest of as many as 20 whales in a five-year
> period with restrictions on the timing and locations in the Strait of
> Juan de Fuca near the reservation at Neah Bay, and alternatives to the
> proposal.
>
> The comment period closes July 8.
>
> Two public meetings in Washington are scheduled:
>
> • May 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Vern Burton Memorial Community
> Center, 308 East Fourth St., Port Angeles.
>
> • June 2, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Lake Union Park Armory, Great Hall, 860
> Terry Ave. N., Seattle.
>
> Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
The Makah have the right to hunt whale - please note white settlers.
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