Allocating Harvests among Polar Bear Stocks in the Beaufort Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Amstrup, S.C., Durner, G.M., Stirling, I., McDonald, T.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Beaufort Sea; boundaries; clustering; harvest allocation; kernel; management; polar bears; Ursus maritimus; population delineation; radiotelemetry; smoothing; Arctique; mer de Beaufort; limites; groupage; attribution de prélèvement; noyau; gestion; ours polaires; démarcation des populations; télémesure; lissage; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Mer de Beaufort; Northwest Territories; Tuktoyaktuk; Arctique*; Barrow; Chukchi; Inupiat; Inuvialuit; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63487

Recognition that polar bears are shared by hunters in Canada and Alaska prompted development of the “Polar Bear Management Agreement for the Southern Beaufort Sea.” Under this Agreement, the harvest of polar bears from the southern Beaufort Sea (SBS) is shared between Inupiat hunters of Alaska and I...