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

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Lisa L. Loseto, Jasmine D. Brewster, Sonja K. Ostertag, Kathleen Snow, Shannon A. MacPhee, Darcy G. McNicholl, Emily S. Choy, Carolina Giraldo, Claire A. Hornby
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: beluga diet; stomach contents; traditional and local knowledge; sandlance; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Ulukhaktok; Arctic cod; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Boreogadus saida; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit; Inuvialuit; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0046; https://doaj.org/article/d11e474925ab46b0a5d5e46de9a7628f

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 of a large harvest in...