The Use of Radio Telemetry as an Aid in the Retrieval of Bowhead Whales (Balaena Mysticetus) Struck during the Annual Eskimo Subsistence Hunt in Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Follmann, Erich H., Manning, Arthur E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Bowhead whales; Inuit; Radio tracking of animals; Subsistence; Whaling; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; Baleine; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; eskimo*; inuit; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64711

Over past years the number of bowhead whales struck and lost during the annual subsistence hunt by Eskimos in northern Alaska has averaged about 50%. This is a significant number of lost animals, especially for a species considered to be rare and endangered, and steps must be taken to reduce this lo...