00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.557300 CaOODSP 20230308145040 cr ||||||||||| 150406s2015 mbcdb o f000 0 eng d 978-1-100-25715-0 CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- Fs97-4/3059E-PDF Harwood, L. A., author. Monitoring beluga harvests in the Mackenzie Delta and near Paulatuk, NT, Canada [electronic resource] : harvest efficiency and trend, size and sex of landed whales, and reproduction, 1970-2009 / by L.A. Harwood, M.C.S. Kingsley, and F. Pokiak. Winnipeg : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015. vi, 32 p. : fig., graphs, maps, tables. Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5387 ; 3059 The catalogue number (Fs 97-4/3059E) and ISSN (0706-6473) for the print edition have been copied in this electronic publication. Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-20). Standardized, hunter-based monitoring of the annual subsistence harvest of beluga whales in the Mackenzie River delta was initiated in 1980, and here we extend and expand analyses to include reproductive data and standardized sampling from 2000-2009. Harvest monitoring has continued annually without interruption in the three main harvesting areas of the Mackenzie River delta since 1980 (Shallow Bay, Kendall Island, and Kugmallit Bay, collectively ‘the Delta’), and near Paulatuk, NT, since 1989. The program has provided three decades of data on the timing of the harvest and biological data on whales landed, and four decades of data on the size and efficiency of the hunt. Standard length, gender, age, colour, and presence/absence of stomach contents have been recorded from 90-110 belugas each year since 1980. gccst Fisheries resources gccst Whales gccst Fishing area gccst Fisheries management Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body. Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5387 ; 3059 (CaOODSP)9.505211 PDF 1.46 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mpo-dfo/Fs97-4-3059-eng.pdf