Kuujjua River Arctic Char: Monitoring Stock Trends Using Catches from an Under-Ice Subsistence Fishery, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1991 – 2009

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Harwood, Lois A., Sandstrom, Stephen J., Papst, Michael H., Melling, Humfrey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: subsistence fishery; Arctic char; growth; age; length; CPUE; recruitment; sea ice; spring clearance; breakup; pêche de subsistance; omble chevalier; croissance; âge; longueur; recrutement; glace de mer; dégagement au printemps; debacle; Arctic; Canada; Chevalier; Northwest Territories; Ulukhaktok; Amundsen Gulf; Omble chevalier; Salvelinus alpinus; Sea ice; Victoria Island; victoria island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67355

A standardized, harvest-based monitoring program was conducted during the main under-ice subsistence fishery for Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) of the Kuujjua River for 18 winter fishing seasons between 1991 and 2009. The program was a response to the concern of Ulukhaktok residents that Arctic ch...