Small Whale Co-management in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: A Case History and Analysis

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Richard, P.R., Pike, D.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Animal migration; Beluga whales; Co-management; Economic conditions; Traditional knowledge; Inuit; Law; Narwhals; Public opinion; Public participation; Subsistence; Whaling; Wildlife management; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Greenland; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Canada; Northwest Territories; Arctique*; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; Davis Strait; inuit; narwhal*; Terre de Baffin; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64390

This paper explores the problems and challenges of co-management of beluga and narwhal populations in the Eastern Arctic region of the Northwest Territories. The political and regulatory context of co-management has changed in the last 14 years. Regulations were amended in 1980 and 1990 to limit har...