Treude, Erhard (2004): Tab.1: Total estimated muskox numbers and quotas in management zones of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757730
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Abstract:
In view of the drastic growth in the Canadian Inuit population, the rising costs of living, the missing job and income alternatives and the high unemployment rate in the arctic, efforts are being made to make use of the muskox populations in order to provide additional sources of food and/or revenue. The present paper attempts to review the course of muskox utilization in the Canadian Arctic and to tentatively assess its present as weIl as its future economic importance. Starting with the pre-European status of muskoxen in Canada, the drastic reduction in numbers resulting from the combined efforts of hide traders, whalers and expedition parties in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the impact of the legal protection and the recovery since 1917 are being described. Establishing muskox farms with semi-domesticated herds failed in Canada in the 1970's. Since 1969, though, increasing numbers of animals have been allotted to many Inuit communities, and despite the fact that most of the animals were primarily used for subsistence purposes, some communities could reserve part of their quotas for trophy (sport) hunters. While controlled sustainable subsistence and trophy hunts may eventually be carried out over the whole muskox range, including recently colonized northern Quebec, commercial harvesting for meat, hides and wool, introduced in 1981, will at least for some time be restricted to Banks and Victoria islands which at present show 78 % of the Canadian muskox population and 94 % of the overall quota.
Related to:
Treude, Erhard (2004): Moschusochsen-Bewirtschaftung in der kanadischen Arktis. Polarforschung, 72(1), 1-16, hdl:10013/epic.29879.d001
Comment:
N.W.T. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Yellowknife, unpubl. data; A. GUNN, Yellowknife, and D. SMITH, Iqaluit, pers. comm.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Area/locality | Area | Treude, Erhard | |||
| 2 | Zone | Zone | Treude, Erhard | |||
| 3 | Commune | Commune | Treude, Erhard | |||
| 4 | Population | Popul | # | Treude, Erhard | N.W.T. Quote 2001 | |
| 5 | Population | Popul | # | Treude, Erhard | Nunavut Quote 2001 | |
| 6 | Population | Popul | # | Treude, Erhard | Estimated | crop |
| 7 | Observation | Obs | Treude, Erhard | year |
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Size:
188 data points
Data
| 1 Area | 2 Zone | 3 Commune | 4 Popul [#] (N.W.T. Quote 2001) | 5 Popul [#] (Nunavut Quote 2001) | 6 Popul [#] (crop) | 7 Obs (year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melville Island | I/MX/01 | Sachs Harbour, Holman | 6 | 2230 | 1997 | |
| Banks Island | I/MX/02 | Sachs Harbour | 10000 | 80552 | 2001 | |
| Northwest Victoria Island | I/MX/03 | Holman | 350 | 21007 | 1998 | |
| Northwest Victoria Island | I/MX/04 | Holman | 750 | |||
| South Paulatuk | I/MX/05 | Tuktoyaktuk | 25 | 2567 | 1997 | |
| South Paulatuk | I/MX/06 | Paulatuk | 50 | 3040 | 1987 | |
| Eglington Island | 37 | 1997 | ||||
| Axel Heiberg Island | 156 | 1995 | ||||
| Byam Martin Island | 0 | 1997 | ||||
| Prince Patrick Island | N/MX/01 | Resolute Bay | 40 | 126 | 1997 | |
| South Ellesmere Island | N/MX/02 | Grise Fjord | 60 | 2020 | 1991 | |
| South Ellesmere Island | N/MX/03 | Grise Fjord | 10 | |||
| South Ellesmere Island | N/MX/04 | Grise Fjord | 4 | |||
| Devon Island | N/MX/05 | Arctic Bay, grise Fjord, Resolute Bay | 15 | 400 | 1990 | |
| Prince of Wales Island | N/MX/06 | Resolute Bay | 20 | 5259 | 1995 | |
| Prince of Wales Island | N/MX/08 | Taloyoak | 12 | |||
| Northeast Victoria Island | N/MX/07 | Cambridge Bay | 100 | 6720 | 1992 | |
| Boothia Peninsula | N/MX/09 | Taloyoak | 10 | 555 | 1995 | |
| Southwest Victoria Island | N/MX/10 | Kugluktuk | 100 | 3934 | 1994 | |
| Southeast Victoria Island | N/MX/11 | Cambridge Bay | 1000 | 18710 | 1999 | |
| West Kugluktuk | N/MX/12 | Kugluktuk | 20 | 974 | 1994 | |
| Kent Peninsula | N/MX/13 | Bay chimo | 20 | |||
| Bathurst Inlet | N/MX/14 | Bathurst Inlet, Bay Chimo | 40 | 2192 | 1986 | |
| McAlpine Lake | N/MX/15 | Bathurst Inlet, Bay Chimo | 20 | |||
| Queen Maud Gulf | N/MX/16 | Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Pelly Bay, Taloyoak | 170 | 4255 | 1996 | |
| Queen Maud Gulf | N/MX/18 | Coral Harbour, Repulse Bay, Baker Lake | 30 | |||
| Adelaide Peninsula | N/MX/17 | Gjoa Haven, Pelly Bay, Taloyoak | 55 | 2833 | 2000 | |
| North Contwoyto | N/MX/19 | Bathurst Inlet, Bay Chimo, Kugluktuk | 120 | 2616 | 1991 | |
| Garry Lakes | N/MX/20 | Baker Lake | 3 | 1522 | 1999 | |
| Central Kivalliq | N/MX/21 | Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove | 25 | 2501 | 1999 | |
| King William Island | N/MX/22 | Gjoa Haven | 5 | |||
| North Great Bear | S/MX/01 | Deline, Colville Lake, Ft. Good Hope | 11 | 1457 | 1997 | |
| Aylmer Lake | U/MX/01 | Lutsel K_e, Yellowknife | 4 | 161 | 1991 | |
| Artillery Lake | U/MX/02 | 14 | 1606 | 1998 | ||
| Beaverhill Lake | 532 | 2000 | ||||
| Thelon Game Sanctuary | 1095 | 1994 | ||||
| total | 11210 | 1879 | 169181 |