Status of the belugas of the St Lawrence estuary, Canada

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Author: Michael CS Kingsley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: belugas; Delphinapterus leucas; St Lawrence estuary; mortality; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Canada; Lawrence River; Beluga*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2847; https://doaj.org/article/3979dd76003943fda62c61656def13c7

A population of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) inhabiting the estuary of the St Lawrence river in Quebec, Canada, was depleted by unregulated hunting, not closed until 1979. Surveys in 1977 showed only a few hundred in the population. Surveys since then have produced increasing estimates of populat...