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 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The International Whaling Commission on Tuesday approved extending bowhead whaling quotas for Alaska Eskimos for subsistence hunting.
The 76-nation commission voted by consensus to allow 280 bowhead whales to be taken over a five-year period, ending in 2012. A majority of those, 260 bowheads, are reserved for Alaska natives in 10 villages, with 20 bowheads granted to Russians.
The five-year extension received the support of Japan, which is also trying to secure quotas for some of its coastal communities.
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