Distribution and Numbers of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Northwestern Hudson Bay in August 1995

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Cosens, Susan E., Innes, Stuart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: aerial survey; bowhead whale; distribution; northwestern Hudson Bay; stock size; relevé aérien; baleine boréale; nord-ouest de la baie d’Hudson; taille du stock; Arctic; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Baleine; Frozen Strait; Hudson; Hudson Bay; la Baleine; Nunavut; Repulse Bay; Balaena mysticetus; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63889

There is interest among the Inuit of Nunavut in renewing subsistence hunting of bowhead whales. Managing a limited harvest while allowing for stock recovery from commercial whaling requires some estimate of stock numbers. The large geographic range of bowhead whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic pr...