The Harvest of Beluga Whales in Canada’s Western Arctic: Hunter-Based Monitoring of the Size and Composition of the Catch

• Main Authors: Lois A. Harwood, Pamela Norton, Billy Day, Patricia A. Hall
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Key words; beluga; Mackenzie Estuary; Paulatuk; hunt monitoring; Beaufort Sea; catch composition; age; growth; standard length; Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Northwest Territories; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.297.3268; http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/beluga/beaufort/beaufortharvest_arctic0302.pdf

ABSTRACT. Hunter-based beluga monitoring programs, in place in the Mackenzie Delta since 1973 and in the Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, area since 1989, have resulted in collection of data on the number of whales harvested and on the efficiency of the hunts. Since 1980, data on the standard length...