Observations of Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) in the Nearshore Waters of the Chukotka Peninsula

• Main Author: Melnikov, Vladimir V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: ringed seal; shore-based visual observations; Chukotka Peninsula; Gulf of Anadyr; Chukchi Sea; distribution; migration; phoque annelé; observations visuelles à terre; péninsule des Tchouktches; golfe d’Anadyr; mer des Tchouktches; répartition; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Sea; Lavrentiya; Anadyr'; Arctic; Chukchi; Chukotka; Mer des Tchouktches; Phoca hispida; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/76257

Despite the importance of ringed seals in the regional economy of the Chukotka Autonomous District, with the end of the commercial fishery, research on the ringed seal in Russia has almost completely ceased. The coastal zone of the Chukotka Peninsula, where the Native people hunt for seals, has seen...