Model estimates of Cumberland Sound beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population size and total allowable removals / Marianne Marcoux and M.O. Hammill.: Fs70-5/2016-077E-PDF
"The subsistence harvest of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is directed towards a single stock of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Cumberland Sound, which forms a separate stock among belugas in the Canadian Eastern Arctic. A population model incorporating updated information on harvest statistics (1920–2015) was fitted to four aerial survey estimates using Bayesian methods, resulting in a current estimated population of 1,000 (rounded to the nearest 100) animals. The management objective is to achieve a population of 5,000 animals by 2091. This could be expressed as an interim target of 1,235 animals within a decade (2026). At current reported harvest levels of 41 animals, the probability of the population declining over a 10-year period is 1. The probability that the population would increase to the interim target was 0.3, 0.25 and 0.1 for reported harvests of 0, 6, and 25 animals respectively" - Abstract - p.iv.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. |
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| Title | Model estimates of Cumberland Sound beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population size and total allowable removals / Marianne Marcoux and M.O. Hammill. |
| Variant title | Title at head of French abstract: Estimations modélisées de la taille de la population de béluga de la baie Cumberland (Delphinapterus leucas) et des prélèvements totaux autorisés |
| Series title | Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat research document, 1919-5044 ; 2016/077, Central and Arctic Region |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | “September 2016.” Includes bibliographical references. Text in English, abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, c2016. |
| Author / Contributor | Marcoux, Marianne. Hammill, M. O. (Michael O.) |
| Description | iv, 35 p. : map, tables, graphs. |
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| Subject terms | Whales Fisheries resources Fisheries management |