U.S. allows tiny Makah tribe to hunt limited number of gray whales off Washington

The Makah tribe in Washington state in northwestern USA has received federal approval to hunt a limited number of Eastern North Pacific gray whales off the state’s coast, according to reports on science news website phys.org and news portal dnyuz.com. The tribe, with only about 3,000 members, will be allowed to harvest up to 25 whales over the next decade, the reports said. The decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to allow a...