Saturday November 12 2011
Nunavut has decided to increase the total allowable harvest of the Western Hudsonj Bay subpopulation from 8 to 21 bears, in a subpopulation that at the moment is declining even without a harvest.
Wednesday July 06 2011
"Polar bears: The natural history of a threatened species" is a comprehensive book on the ecology of polar bears and their habitat for the wider audience, and it is a pleasure to read.
Wednesday February 02 2011
In a new study from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources 72 hunters have been interviewed about their catches the last five decades, and new insights about the catch has been synthesized and presented.
Friday January 28 2011
A long editing process has ended, and the proceedings from the 15th meeting of the PBSG in Copenhagen is finally available for download.
Wednesday November 24 2010
US Fish and Wildlife Service has designated more than 187,000 square miles in the Arctic as critical habitat for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act.
Monday November 22 2010
On Nov 4 a US District Court judge ruled that the decision to list polar bears as "Threatened" and not "Endangered" in May 2008 must be reconsidered or defended.
Monday June 07 2010
May 28 the Government of Nunavut stated that they think polar bears are thriving, and thus they oppose the proposed uplisting of polar bears as a species of Special Concern under the Canadian Species at Risk Act.
Thursday March 11 2010
The status table and reviews discussed and decided upon in Copenhagen in 2009 are finally available on the website.
Thursday March 11 2010
Approximately half the members of the PBSG met in Oslo February 8-10, 2010, to meet the request from the Parties to the 1973 Agreement for input to national action plans.
Saturday January 16 2010
The PBSG guidelines have been reviewed and all members except one have been appointed. The new guidelines and list of members have been published on the website.
Friday November 06 2009
After several years of harvesting unsustainable numbers of bears in subpopulations shared between the two countries, a Memorandum of Understanding has finally been agreed upon.
Thursday November 05 2009
The PBSG web database on Russian literature on marine mammals have been updated with articles from the last decade.
Monday September 28 2009
Local peoples' unease with procedures involving the handling of polar bears might end mark-recapture studies of Nunavut polar bears and start aerial surveys.
