Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: seaduck, eider, aerial surveys
Principal Investigator: | Insley, Stephen (5) |
Licence Number: | 17519 |
Organization: | Wildlife Conservation Society Canada |
Licensed Year(s): |
2024
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Issued: | May 06, 2024 |
Project Team: | Rosana Paredes, Maya Chartier, Annie Loosen, Bill Halliday |
Objective(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.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5918. 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 the objectives, a series of aerial surveys have been designed during the spring and summer months to occur over two to three seasons. It is hoped to have 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 it will follow the shoreline, primarily looking for groups of moulting (flightless) eiders. Ob... Show more