The Arctic Cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) Subsistence and Commercial Fisheries, Colville River, Alaska: A Conceptual Model

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Fechhelm, Robert G., Streever, Bill, Gallaway, Benny J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Alaska; arctic cisco; Colville River; Coregonus autumnalis; fishery; fyke nets; Inupiat; North Slope; subsistence; transport; cisco arctique; pêcherie; verveux à ailes; côte Nord; subsistance; Arctic; Canada; Fleuve Mackenzie; Mackenzie River; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic cisco; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river; north slope
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63261

The arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis), known regionally by its Inupiat name qaaqtaq, is the principal target of fall subsistence and commercial fisheries that operate in the Colville River along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Our conceptual model of the fisheries is based on more than two decades of co...