Commercial and subsistence catches of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, 1840-2016 / by D.B. Stewart.: Fs97-6/3250E-PDF

"A record of commercial and subsistence catches of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the Cumberland Sound population in Nunavut, over the period 1840 through 2016, is presented. This work adds substantially to the catch record and improves the basis for population modelling to inform recovery planning. Commercial hunts in 1860 through 1966 removed at least 14,079 belugas from Cumberland Sound, and subsistence hunts another 2,765—mostly after 1960. Annual catches suggest a pattern of long-term depletion, with partial recovery related to a hiatus in commercial hunting around World War I, followed by continued depletion. Catches stabilized following formal harvest regulation in 1980. In some years the historical commercial catches were 15x greater than the current annual subsistence catches”--Abstract, p. vi.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Central and Arctic Region. Arctic Aquatic Research Division, issuing body.
Title Commercial and subsistence catches of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, 1840-2016 / by D.B. Stewart.
Series title Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3250
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-42).
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Winnipeg : Arctic Aquatic Research Division, Central and Arctic Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2018.
Author / Contributor Stewart, D. B. (David Bruce)author.
Description viii, 89 p. : charts, maps (some col.)
ISBN 9780660249391
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-6/3250E-PDF
Subject terms White whale
Whaling
Nunavut--Cumberland Sound
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