Principal Investigator:Cosens, Susan Licensed Year(s):
1993
199219911990 Summary:
In this final year of study, the researcher will be recording whale sounds as well as `normal' underwater sounds (background noise) and underwater sounds that boats make. The purpose of this research is to determine whether the sounds of boats interfere with the communication that occurs between beluga. The field crew will camp at Cape Lambton and make day trips to the recording sites out on the...
Principal Investigator:Richard, Pierre Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
The North Water Survey for beluga will involve the use of satellite images to locate open water, and photography to instantly record large numbers of beluga and other marine mammals sighted. Work will be conducted out of Resolute and Pond Inlet, and the survey will take in all areas of open water north of 73'00 latitude. The survey is a result of a recommendation by the 1992 Canada/Greenland Com...
Principal Investigator:Stabler, Matt Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
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....
Principal Investigator:Patenaude, Nathalie Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will use a crossbow to fire an arrow with a stainless steel biopsy tip into landed beluga whales. Different tip designs will be tested to evaluate biopsy tip length and diameter required for effective sample retrieval, strength of bow string, and effective distance. Tissue surrounding the sample site will also be tested for tissue damage, and wounds will be photographed after each...
Principal Investigator:Savelle, James M. Licensed Year(s):
1992
1990 Summary:
The researcher and his team will take a series of measurements on crania and mandibles of naturally stranded early Holocene bowhead whales. This will enable the original length of individual bowheads at death to be determined. These data will have immediate applications in the fields of environmental change and Thule archaeology....
Principal Investigator:Mate, Bruce R. Licensed Year(s):
1992
1991 Summary:
The Researchers will once again attempt to tag 12 bowhead whales. They will study how the whales move about during the feeding season and where and when they migrate west out of the Beaufort Sea. They will determine whether the migratory routes or timing vary between different kinds of animals and will determine the dive habits of the tagged animals....
Principal Investigator:Freeman, Milton M.R. Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The researchers will attempt to discover the views of people in regard to the hunt. They will attempt to determine why it is significant to the people of Aklavik in particular, and to the Inuvialuit people generally. This information will be elicited through the use of interviews and household surveys as well as through discussion and a questionnaire administered to school students....
Principal Investigator:Reeves, Randall Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The purpose of this study is to understand the historical and present-day dynamics of narwhale hunting. In addition, Inuit hunter and government resource managers have a common interest in ensuring that these marine mammals are harvested at sustainable levels and that product markets remain stable. The succuss of this management strategy will be reviewed....
Principal Investigator:Cosens, Susan Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The Researcher and team will apply new tag technology and DNA analysis to a study of site tenacity and industrial disturbance of bowhead whales. They will test the feasibility of using sonic tags to track bowheads underwater and will be testing sampling methods for collecting skin from live whales for DNA analysis....
Principal Investigator:Richard, Pierre Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The researcher and team will continue their study to census walrus in the area of northern Hudson Bay and beluga in the area of southeast Baffin Island. Using remote sensing tools and twin otter aircraft they will census portions of the range of walrus and beluga to determine their distribution and abundance....