Whales of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's Western Arctic: An Overview and Outlook

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Harwood, Lois A., Smith, Thomas G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: beluga; bowhead; stock status; migration; Beaufort Sea; subsistence hunting; béluga; baleine boréale; statut du stock; mer de Beaufort; chasse de subsistence; Arctic; Baleine; Bering Sea; la Baleine; Mackenzie Delta; Mer de Beaufort; Amundsen Gulf; Balaena mysticetus; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Béluga*; bowhead whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Inuvialuit; Mer de Béring; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63793

The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) and the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) are seasonal migrants to Canada's Western Arctic, occupying summer range in the southeastern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR). These whales also travel through United...