Trends in Subsistence Harvests of Ice Seals in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, 1962 – 2018

• Main Authors: Olnes, Justin, Quakenbush, Lori, Nelson, Mark, Simon, Albert, Burns, John, Ice Seal Committee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: ringed seal; bearded seal; spotted seal; ribbon seal; Bering Sea; Yup’ik; household surveys; seal bounty; phoque annelé; phoque barbu; phoque tacheté; phoque rubané; mer de Béring; enquêtes sur les ménages; prime pour la destruction de phoques; Barbu; Phoques; Yukon; Arctic; Erignathus barbatus; Kuskokwim; Mer de Béring; Phoque barbu; Pusa hispida; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/76302

Ringed (Pusa hispida), bearded (Erignathus barbatus), spotted (Phoca largha), and ribbon seals (Histriophoca fasciata), or ice seals, are harvested for subsistence purposes by many Alaska Native communities. We address trends in the subsistence harvest of ice seals for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta regi...