Beluga Whale Harvest Monitoring Program
Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: contaminants, biology, beluga whale, marine mammals, whale, reproduction, wildlife population
| Principal Investigator: | Stabler, Matt (4) |
| Licence Number: | 12301 |
| Organization: | Fisheries Joint Management Committee |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | locally hired monitors; various southern-based researchers |
Objective(s): To monitor the harvest of beluga whales, and to collect data and tissue samples from harvested whales in order to analyse population and reproductive parameters as well as assess contaminant levels.
Project Description: The Beluga Harvest Monitoring Program is an on-going program conducted by the Fisheries Joint Management Secretariat that involves the monitoring of the beluga harvest in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Data and samples are collected from harvested whales in order to assess contaminant levels as well as population and reproductive parameters.
