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Over-hunting by narwhal hunters in Uummannaq, Greenland has infuriated conservationists and biologists who say the home rule government is raising quotas to cover up excessive hunting.

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The Greenland Institute of Natural Ressources and The North Atlantic Marine Mammals Commission (NAMMCO) has recommended a maximum annual catch of 135 narwhals in West Greenland in order to maintain the current population. The West Greenlandic narwhal population has, in some areas, decreased by 50% in the past 20 years. Main cause to decreased population is excessive hunting exceeding the population sustainability of the narwhals in the region.

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EXPORT OF NARWHAL PRODUCTS DETRIMENTAL TO THE WILD POPULATIONS IN GREENLAND