SC/60/BRG10 Subsistence harvest of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) by Alaskan Eskimos during 2007

In 2007, 63 bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were struck during the Alaskan subsistence hunt resulting in 41 animals landed. Total harvest for 2007 was similar to recent years. The average number of whales landed in the 10 previous years was 41.1 (SD = 7.5). The efficiency (# landed / # struck) o...

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Main Authors: Robert Suydam, John C. George, Cheryl Rosa, Brian Person, Cyd Hanns, Gay Sheffield, Josh Bacon
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
ARCTIC
BALAENA MYSTICETUS
BOWHEAD WHALE
STATISTICS
WHALING-ABORIGINAL
Arctic
Point Hope
Balaena mysticetus
bowhead whale
eskimo*
Sea ice
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.458.9909
http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/B/648772492/648772492-2007.pdf

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