In March of this year, as noted on page 2, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the Makah Tribe’s proposed hunt of gray whales—the first ...

was published—the first step toward granting a waiver and sanctioning the hunt. The Makah seek an allowance to “strike” up to 42 whales over six years, and to kill 24 over that period. (Struck whales ...