STOCK APPROX (based on summering EST.INITIAL CURENT ANNUAL OTHER locales) ABUNDANCE ABUNDANCE CURRENT TAKE IMPACTS
------ CANADA ------ St Lawrence River 5,000+ 400-500 0 s,h,p East Hudson Bay/ James Bay 6,600+ 2,900 50-90 h Ungava Bay 1,000+ -100(a) 15-25 unknown West Hudson Bay no estimate 14000-27000 200-300 s,c,h Cumberland Sound 5,000+ 400-500 25-45 unknown High Arctic 10,000+ 6,000-19000 550-1,150(b) unknown Beaufort Sea no estimate 11500-17000 135-385(c) o&g,s,h ------------- UNITED STATES ------------- Cook Inlet no estimate 400-500 -15 o&g Eastern Chukchi no estimate 2,500-3,000 31-187 o&g,s Norton Sound/Yukon Delta no estimate 1,000-2,000 50-119 o&g ------ NORWAY ------ Spitzbergen no estimate unknown 0 unknown --------- GREENLAND --------- High Arctic no estimate unknown 10-40 unknown ---- USSR no estimate unknown unknown unknown ----
(a) population may have already been extirpated and animals found here may be the result of a spill-over from other stocks
(b) estimated catch figure includes those killed by Greenland natives when this stock overwinters off the west coast of Greenland
(c) estimated catch figure includes those killed by Alaskan natives during this stock's migration to and from the Beaufort Sea in spring and autumn
o&g - oil and gas exploration/drilling
h - habitat loss/modification
s - shipping/boating disturbance
c - capture for aquaria
p - pollution