Diet and feeding observations from an unusual beluga harvest in 2014 in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

The Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population are an important traditional food for the Inuit of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories (NT) Canada. In 2014, over 30 beluga whales were harvested at Ulukhaktok, NT, the first occurrence for a large harvest i...

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Published in:Arctic Science
Main Authors: Loseto, Lisa L., Brewster, Jasmine D., Ostertag, Sonja K., Snow, Kathleen, Macphee, Shannon A., Mcnicholl, Darcy G., Choy, Emily S., Giraldo, Carolina, Hornby, Claire A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing, Nrc Research Press 2018
Subjects:
beluga diet
stomach contents
traditional and local knowledge
Sandlance
Arctic
Canada
Northwest Territories
Ulukhaktok
Arctic cod
Beaufort Sea
Beluga
Beluga*
Boreogadus saida
Delphinapterus leucas
inuit
Inuvialuit
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/53927/55053.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0046
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/53927/

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