Commercial aspect, of the exploitation of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) in Greenland, with emphasis on tusk exports

• Main Authors: Reeves, Randall R., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 1994
• Subjects: Greenland; The Tusk; Tusk The; greenlandic; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142540

This study presents and evaluates data on recent commercial exchanges in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) products, particularly tusks, from Greenland. No evidence was found of an export trade in narwhal blubber or skin (mattak), but since the mid-1960, mattak has been sold to the Royal Greenland Trade D...