# Whaling Provisions: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas
> **Rule** · Notification of aboriginal subsistence whaling quota. · Published 2003-04-01 · Effective 2003-04-01 · 68 FR 15680
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-7785
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 15680
- **Publication date:** 2003-04-01
- **Effective date:** 2003-04-01
- **NOAA docket:** Doc. No. 030324070-3070-01, I.D. 030703C
## Abstract

NMFS announces the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations adopted at the 2002 Special Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2003, the quota is 75 bowhead whales struck. This quota and other limitations will govern the harvest of bowhead whales by members of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/04/01/03-7785/whaling-provisions-aboriginal-subsistence-whaling-quotas)
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