Social-ecological changes and implications for understanding the declining beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas ) harvest in Aklavik, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Worden, Elizabeth, Pearce, Tristan, Gruben, Michelle, Ross, Dorothy, Kowana, Clarence, Loseto, Lisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2020
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Aklavik; Manik; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0027; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2019-0027; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2019-0027

Subsistence is the basis for food access for Inuvialuit in the western Canadian Arctic and has strong economic, dietary, and cultural importance. Inuvialuit harvest beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) from the eastern Beaufort beluga population during summer months within parameters...