Distribution, Migration, and Depletion of Bowhead Whales in Hudson Bay, 1860 to 1915

Ross, W. Gillies

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“…This pattern suggests that there is seasonal movement of bowheads into Frozen Strait from the Hudson Bay coast. The distribution of sightings made during the survey is consistent with the distribution of whale kills made during the month of August between 1860 and 1915 (Ross, 1974). Given the likelihood that seasonal variation in bowhead distribution occurs along the Hudson Bay coast, the area between Whale Cove and Roes Welcome Sound (Block A) was probably oversampled, and future summer surveys could reduce effort in this block.…”

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Distribution and Numbers of Bowhead Whales (<i>Balaena mysticetus</i>) in Northwestern Hudson Bay in August 1995

Cosens¹,

Innes²

2000

ARCTIC

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ABSTRACT. There is interest among the Inuit of Nunavut in renewing subsistence hunting of bowhead whales. Managing a limited harvest while allowing for stock recovery from commercial whaling requires some estimate of stock numbers. The large geographic range of bowhead whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic precludes cost-effective estimation of total stock size; however, estimates of summer aggregation sizes can be derived from sampling of summering areas. Although these numbers do not represent total stock size, they do provide indicators of the minimum number of bowheads known to be present and may be useful as indices for monitoring stock recovery. A visual aerial survey conducted in northwestern Hudson Bay resulted in an estimate of 75 ± 27.5 (95% Confidence Interval = 17-133) bowhead whales. This estimate is conservative because it was not corrected for submerged whales or for whales that were at the surface but not seen by observers. Most sightings of whales were made in Repulse Bay and Frozen Strait.Key words: aerial survey, bowhead whale, distribution, northwestern Hudson Bay, stock size RÉSUMÉ. Parmi les Inuit du Nunavut, on s'intéresse à reprendre la chasse de subsistance à la baleine boréale. La gestion d'une récolte limitée, qui permettrait au stock de baleine boréale de se rétablir des effets de la pêche commerciale, demande qu'on ait une idée du nombre d'individus qui composent cette population. L'ampleur du territoire géographique de la baleine boréale dans l'Arctique canadien oriental écarte la possibilité de réaliser une estimation du nombre total d'individus, qui soit efficace en terme de coûts; il est cependant possible de dériver des estimations de la taille des concentrations estivales à partir d'échantillonnages de zones d'estivage. Bien que ces nombres ne représentent pas la taille totale du stock, ils fournissent des indications sur le nombre minimum de baleines boréales dont on a attesté la présence et ils peuvent servir d'indicateurs pour la gestion du rétablissement du stock. Un relevé visuel aérien mené dans le nord-ouest de la baie d'Hudson a donné une estimation de 75 ± 27,5 (intervalle de confiance de 95 p. cent = 17-133) baleines boréales. Cette estimation est prudente car elle n'a pas été corrigée pour tenir compte des baleines submergées ou de celles qui étaient en surface mais qui n'auraient pas été aperçues par les observateurs. La plupart des observations de baleines ont été faites à Repulse Bay et Frozen Strait.Mots clés: relevé aérien, baleine boréale, distribution, nord-ouest de la baie d'Hudson, taille du stock Traduit pour la revue Arctic par Nésida Loyer.

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“…Most commercial kills in the southern portion of the survey area were made in June and July, while those in Frozen Strait and Repulse Bay were made in August and September (see Ross, 1974;Reeves et al, 1983). This pattern suggests that there is seasonal movement of bowheads into Frozen Strait from the Hudson Bay coast.…”

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Distribution and Numbers of Bowhead Whales (<i>Balaena mysticetus</i>) in Northwestern Hudson Bay in August 1995

Cosens¹,

Innes²

2000

ARCTIC

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“…American whalemen were less involved in the bowhead whale fishery in the eastern Arctic (centered in Davis Strait and Baffin Bay and around Svalbard) [19]–[21], therefore our maps are not informative on seasonal occurrence there. The records in the Hudson Bay region refer mainly to summer months (June to August, Figure 3C).…”

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Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of American Whaling and Whales in the Age of Sail

Smith¹,

Reeves²,

Josephson

et al. 2012

PLoS ONE

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American whalemen sailed out of ports on the east coast of the United States and in California from the 18th to early 20th centuries, searching for whales throughout the world’s oceans. From an initial focus on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and right whales (Eubalaena spp.), the array of targeted whales expanded to include bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), and gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Extensive records of American whaling in the form of daily entries in whaling voyage logbooks contain a great deal of information about where and when the whalemen found whales. We plotted daily locations where the several species of whales were observed, both those caught and those sighted but not caught, on world maps to illustrate the spatial and temporal distribution of both American whaling activity and the whales. The patterns shown on the maps provide the basis for various inferences concerning the historical distribution of the target whales prior to and during this episode of global whaling.

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“…Identification of three Europeans amongst the physical remains recovered from Native Point is extraordinary in view of how isolated the area was from Euroamerican whaling activities (Clark, 1986;Ross, 1974). Whalers did encounter the Sadlermiut on occasion elsewhere on Southampton Island (e.g., Comer, 1906Comer, , 1910Comer, , 1921 and while it is possible that a small group sharing European ancestry (or at least a European diet) could have died in one of the still-standing Native Point dwellings, it nevertheless seems unlikely.…”

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Comments on Coltrain et al., Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 2004 “Sealing, whaling and caribou: the skeletal isotope chemistry of eastern Arctic foragers”, and Coltrain, Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 2009 “Sealing, whaling and caribou revisited: additional insights from the skeletal isotope chemistry of eastern Arctic foragers”

Ryan

2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Distribution, Migration, and Depletion of Bowhead Whales in Hudson Bay, 1860 to 1915

Cited by 24 publications

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Distribution and Numbers of Bowhead Whales (<i>Balaena mysticetus</i>) in Northwestern Hudson Bay in August 1995

Distribution and Numbers of Bowhead Whales (<i>Balaena mysticetus</i>) in Northwestern Hudson Bay in August 1995

Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of American Whaling and Whales in the Age of Sail

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