Changes in the Composition of the Harvest in Three Polar Bear Subpopulations in the Western Canadian Arctic after the US Listing of the Polar Bear as a Threatened Species

• Main Authors: Pearce, Tristan, Fawcett, David, Ford, James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Melville Sound; Viscount Melville Sound; Beaufort Sea; inuit; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/77186

The 2008 United States (US) listing of the polar bear as a threatened species prohibits the importation of polar bear trophies into the US, significantly decreasing the number of Americans paying for guided polar bear hunts in Canada. We examined the numbers and composition of the harvest in three p...