Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
étiquettes: seaduck, eider, aerial surveys
| chercheur principal: | Insley, Stephen (9) |
| Nᵒ de permis: | 17698 |
| Organisation: | Wildlife Conservation Society Canada |
| Année(s) de permis: |
2025
2024
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| Délivré: | avr. 09, 2025 |
| Équipe de projet: | Rosana Paredes, Maya Chartier, Annie Loosen, Bill Halliday, |
Objectif(s): The main objective is to assess the abundance of Pacific common eiders, in the ISR. The primary methodology is aerial surveys during the spring and summer in the eastern Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf.
Description du projet: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6141. The main objective is to assess the abundance of Pacific common eiders, in the ISR. The primary methodology is aerial surveys during the spring and summer in the eastern Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf. To accomplish our objectives, we have designed a series of aerial surveys during the spring and summer months to occur over two to three seasons. We hope to fly three flights per year; the number may vary depending on budget. Spring surveys (late May) will focus on ice flaw leads, counting eiders from offshore north of Tuktoyaktuk to Ulukhaktok. Flights use both fixed-wing aircraft (Twin Otter) and/or single engine helicopter (B-4) flying no lower than 100m at roughly 100 km/hr. Summer surveys (late July to mid August) are similar except we will be following the shoreline, primarily looking for groups of moulting (flightless) eiders. Observations aided by binoculars, continuous recorded commentary, still and video records will be the primary methods used. Posthoc analyses will involve counting all eiders in the photo records and comparing with the live (in situ) records. In person and Zoom discussions on this research have occurred at the following venues: 1) Sept 2024 IGC meeting; 2) Nov 2024 OHTC AGM meeting; 3) Jan 2025 FJMC meeting. Following data collection and after the data has been summarized we intend to share the results with interested communities during open HTC meetings whenever possible. The results are also to be shared with the wider ISR community during IGC and FJMC meetings each year. In addition, regular communications are expected via internet (e.g. email) and telephone and during other annual meetings attended by ISR community members (e.g. ArcticNet). The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from: May 09 - September 30, 2025
