This means that if a gray whale swims up Passage Canal to Whittier, then 50 boats filled with white guys from Anchorage can go out, shoot the whale full of holes, tow the carcass to shore and salvage the meat for subsistence.  NOAA and the feds need to be consistent with their laws.  So if people can harvest whales that show up in the Kuskokwim (which is rare), then people should be able to harvest whales when they show up next to the docked cruise ships in Whittier (which is also rare).  But if NOAA/the feds would punish folks in Whittier for killing a whale, then folks in Bethel need the same treatment.  Federal laws need to be administered with equality.