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

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Anderson, Morgan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2017
• Subjects: muskox; Ovibos moschatus; harvest; Nunavut; Arctic; Arctic Bay; Baffin Island; Bathurst Island; Canada; Devon Island; Ellesmere Island; Grise Fiord; Peary; Arctic bay; Baffin; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/4182; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.37.1.4182

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...