Between 1987 and 2005, thirty bowhead whale carcasses, beached or floating, were reported from various areas of the Canadian Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf. 57(3-4):1-20.
1994. Cowles (eds. Wintering occurs in areas with unconsolidated pack ice such as northern Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, central Davis Strait, southern Baffin Bay, and off West Greenland. When possible, demographics of the population should be noted and reported (e.g., Harwood et al. Commercial whaling was once the greatest threat to the Bowhead Whale and the main reason why the species is at risk in parts of its range. Generalized seasonal occurrence and migration corridor for the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea bowhead whale population (from COSEWIC 2009). June 2008. comm.). But for now at least, the census remains part of the “community on the ice.”, Lingít Aaní Káa Kei Nas.áx̱ Haa Yoo X̱’atángi, https://media.ktoo.org/2019/05/23WHALECENSUS.mp3. These areas might be considered for additional management measures in the future.
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Richardson, J.W., C.R. Results of mitigation and monitoring program, Beaufort Span 2-D Marine Seismic Program, Open Water Season 2006.
The bowhead whale is rated ‘Least Concern’ by the Internation Union for Conservation of Nature , and its population is thought to be increasing. Increasing knowledge of the distribution of killer whales in the Beaufort as well as collecting any data on the demographics of bowheads attacked might prove useful in management planning. The Bowhead Whale. B owhead whales, once hunted to the brink of extinction by commercial whalers, are on the rebound in Alaska. In northern Aboriginal languages, it is known as Arviq or Arvik (Inuktitut and Inuvialuktun), Agkhovik (Inupiat), Akhgvopik (Yupik) and Ittiv (Chukchi). Pages 313-386 in J.J. Burns, J.J. Montague and C.J. 1994).
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These estimates suggest that the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population has increased greatly since the end of commercial whaling. Figure 1 is captioned “The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) (© Martin Camm)”.
Recovery planning is intended to benefit species at risk and biodiversity in general.
Ljungblad, and P. Norton. 1986. Special Publication No. Species of special concern are included in the SARA List of Wildlife Species at Risk. Borge, T., L. Bachmann, G. Bjørnstad, Ø. Wiig.
However, understanding these potential changes to forage may result in the avoidance of some potential conflicts between bowhead whale distribution in feeding areas and commercial activities.
The flippers are small and paddle-shaped and there is no dorsal fin or ridge. Report of the International Whaling Commission 35: 387 – 404. Many species of copepods (one of the preys of bowhead) reproduce under the ice before the phytoplankton bloom and feed on sedimenting ice algae (Drolet et al. Bowhead whales occur in Arctic and subarctic marine waters and in conditions ranging from open water to extensive pack ice. Sci. Shore-based bowhead whaling in the eastern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf.
Under SARA, a species of special concern is a wildlife species that could become threatened or endangered because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats. In those early days, there were a lot of things scientists didn’t know about how the whales behaved. Marine Mammal Science 8(3):306-311.