The management and conservation of biodiversity relies on information on both the
abundance of species and the potential impact of threats. Globally, one of the largest threats …

The potential biological removal (PBR) formula used to determine a reference point for
human-caused mortality of marine mammals in the United States has been shown to be …

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus L., 1758) of the Eastern Canada-West Greenland
population have been hunted by Inuit for millennia. Significant commercial harvests …

We review the management of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) past and
present in the four range states—Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia—which have …

Human-caused mortality due primarily to bycatch in fisheries is considered a major threat to
some long-lived, slow-growing, and otherwise vulnerable marine species. Under many …

The Potential Biological Removal (PBR) management strategy is used for the assessment,
relative to management objectives, of human-caused mortality of marine mammal stocks …

Subsistence harvest of beluga whales by Nunavik communities is directed towards a mixture
of several stocks, including the depleted Eastern Hudson Bay stock (EHB). The 2012 …

Aerial surveys to determine abundance of walrus from the Hudson Bay-Davis Strait, and
south and East Hudson Bay stocks, were flown in September 2014. Surveys covered the …

The signing of land claim agreements with Canada's Inuit represented historic moments in
Canada's history. These agreements established co-management responsibilities for wildlife …

ABSTRACT A surplus production model that incorporated information on harvests and stock
composition of the harvest was fitted to aerial survey data from eastern and western Hudson …