Sentences with phrase «bowheads also»

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That passage is a migratory route for bowhead whales, and also bearded seals and ringed seals.

The company has also agreed to start a bowhead - whale - monitoring programme from 1 August, and to suspend drilling in the Beaufort from 25 August until after locals have finished their subsistence hunts.

Biologists also built on Iñupiaq observations to learn that bowheads possess a sense of smell, unlike most other whales.

Three right whale species are recognized in the genus Eubalaena, while the Bowhead Whale - also a right whale - is placed in its own genus, Balaena.

The Bowhead Whale, also known as Greenland Right Whale or Arctic Whale, is a marine mammal of the order Cetacea.

Killer whales, which have been seen preying on bowheads in the gulf, also occur here.

The Unipiat Eskimos in Alaska also have permission but prefer to take the bowhead whale.

Fin whales, bowhead whales, bairds whales and even sperm whales have also been spotted off Alaskan waters, but to not appear with the same regularity as blue, grey and humpback whales.

Drilling and fuel shipping have also increased the chances of oil spills, which would affect the bowhead and other whales, seals, and walruses in the Bering Straight as well as the 12 million birds that nest and forage in the area every year.

Many Arctic species that are on the front line of climate change, such as seals, walruses, and bowhead and beluga whales, are also part of the Native traditional diet.

The Chukchi Sea is also part of the seasonal migration route for Bowhead whales that supports subsistence hunting by local indigenous communities.

The Beaufort's coastline along the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, meanwhile, is designated as critical habitat for that threatened species and is also a migration route for bowhead whales.

Greenland will also be permitted to hunt two bowheads per year, but only if the Scientific Committee gives approval.