The Davis Strait - DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi

Figure 5.2.3. Catch statistics for
seals in the assessment area,
1996-2008 (data from Piniarneq,
APNN).
Figure 5.2.4. The seasonal distribution
of the seal catches in the
assessment area in 2008 (data
from Piniarneq, APNN).
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No. of seals/year
Ringed-, Hooded- and bearded Seals
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Harp Seal juvenile
Harp Seal adult
Ringed Seal
5.2.3 Walrus and polar bear
Hooded Seal
Bearded Seal
Haboour Seal
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Jan
Hooded Seal
Bearded Seal
Ringed Seal
Feb
Mar
Apr
Maj
Jun
Harp Seal
Walrus
Walruses from the West Greenland-Southeast Baffin Island walrus stock are
hunted in West Greenland mainly during spring until retreat of the pack ice
westwards and the more or less simultaneous emigration of walruses from
their West Greenland wintering areas (Born et al. 1994, Born et al. 1995).
Walruses from this stock are also hunted along Southeast Baffin Island (Nunavut)
mainly during the period May-November (COSEWIC 2006, Stewart
2008) – i.e. when generally are they absent from West Greenland.
Quotas for the West Greenland-Southeast Baffin Island walrus stock in 2007,
2008 and 2009 were 80, 65, 50 animals (Anon 2006a, b), respectively. However,
a total of only 43, 28 and 33 walruses were reported landed in West
Greenland from this stock in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (Ugarte 2011). The Greenland
quota for the West Greenland-Southeast Baffin Island stock of walrus
for the period 2010-2012 is 61 landed in each year (Anon 2010b, a).
During the five-year period 1998/99-2002/03 the reported catch of walruses
from the same stock on Southeast Baffin Island in the communities Iqaluit,
Qikiqtarjuaq, Pangnirtung and Kanngiqtugaapik/Clyde River averaged
27.2/year (sd=11.3, range=15-43, n=5 years). And during the period
Jul
Aug
Sep
Okt
Nov
Dec
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Harp Seal