Beluga Whale Harvest Monitoring Program

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: contaminants, biology, beluga whale, marine mammals, whale, reproduction, wildlife population

chercheur principal: Stabler, Matt (4)
Nᵒ de permis: 12301
Organisation: Fisheries Joint Management Committee
Année(s) de permis: 1993
Délivré: janv. 01, 1993
Équipe de projet: locally hired monitors; various southern-based researchers

Objectif(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.

Description du projet: 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.