NOAA issues Final Environmental Impact Statement, the last legal obstacle between gray whales & Makah harpoons & bullets SEATTLE, Washington––An early 2024 resumption of gray whale killing by the Makah tribe of Neah Bay, Washington, seems all but assured after the November 17, 2023 publication of a 2,364-page Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Makah […]
NOAA clears the way for resumed Makah whaling in Puget Sound
Makah legally killed one gray whale in 1999, and illegally killed another in 2007 SEATTLE––The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration fisheries division on March 7, 2015 published a draft environmental impact study that may allow the Makah tribe, of Neah Bay, Washington, to resume killing gray whales in Puget Sound. Announcing intent to resume whaling […]