Trends in high arctic muskox (Ovibos moschatus) harvest, 1990-2015

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Morgan Anderson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2017
• Subjects: muskox; Ovibos moschatus; harvest; Nunavut; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Arctic; Baffin Island; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Devon Island; Peary; Bathurst Island; Arctic Bay; Grise Fiord; Arctic bay; Baffin; caribou; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.37.1.4182; https://doaj.org/article/7e1142523c2b4ccca77f64e26abac615

Harvest reporting has been in place for High Arctic muskoxen in Nunavut, Canada, since 1990-91. The communities of Resolute, Grise Fiord, and Arctic Bay harvest muskoxen in the region. Overall, muskox harvest has declined in Resolute and Grise Fiord since the 1990s. The recovery of Peary caribou pop...