The Polar Bear Management Agreement for the Southern Beaufort Sea : An Evaluation of the First Ten Years of a Unique Conservation Agreement

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Brower, C.D., Carpenter, A., Branigan, M.L., Calvert, W., Evans, T., Fischbach, A.S., Nagy, J.A., Schliebe, S., Stirling, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: polar bears; Beaufort Sea; management; agreement; North Slope Borough; Inuvialuit Game Council; ours polaires; mer de Beaufort; gestion; entente; Conseil de gestion du gibier; Canada; Conseil; Mer de Beaufort; Paulatuk; Arctic; Barrow; Inuvialuit; north slope; Point Barrow; Ursus maritimus; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63777

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the southern Beaufort Sea population, distributed from approximately Icy Cape, west of Point Barrow, Alaska, to Pearce Point, east of Paulatuk in Canada, are harvested by hunters from both countries. In Canada, quotas to control polar bear hunting have been in place,...