“That’s how we know they’re healthy”: the inclusion of traditional ecological knowledge in beluga health monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Sonja K. Ostertag, Lisa L. Loseto, Kathleen Snow, Jennifer Lam, Kristin Hynes, David Victor Gillman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: co-production; arctic; subsistence hunting; beaufort sea; climate change; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Inuvik; Paulatuk; Tuktoyaktuk; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Climate change; Delphinapterus leucas; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0050; https://doaj.org/article/e6068370bf4240c3928182f9d4474a5f

Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) from the Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) population are harvested annually in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) during their seasonal migration past coastal communities and harvest camps. The beluga harvest monitoring program is a flagship program of the ISR’s Fish an...