Abundance of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) on the hunting grounds in Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Heide-JØrgensen, M. P., Laidre, K. L., Burt, M. L., Borchers, D. L., Marques, T. A., Hansen, R. G., Rasmussen, M., Fossette, S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Feature Articles; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Inglefield Bredning; East Greenland; Global warming; inuit; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/91/5/1135; https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-198.1

Narwhals ( Monodon monoceros L.) occur in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic where for centuries they have been subject to subsistence hunting by Inuit in Greenland and Canada. Scientific advice on the sustainable levels of removals from narwhal populations provides the basis for quotas implemented i...