Diet and feeding observations from an unusual beluga harvest in 2014 in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Main Authors: Loseto, Lisa L., Brewster, Jasmine D, Ostertag, Sonja K., Snow, Kathleen, MacPhee, Shannon A., McNicholl, Darcy G., Choy, Emily S, Giraldo, Carolina, Hornby, Claire A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Ulukhaktok; Arctic cod; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Boreogadus saida; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit; Inuvialuit; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/88141; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/AS-2017-0046

The Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population are an important traditional food for the Inuit of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories (NT) Canada. In 2014, over 30 beluga whales were harvested at Ulukhaktok, NT, the first occurrence for a large harvest i...