期刊名称：Fisheries Centre Research Reports / University of British Columbia
印刷版ISSN：1198-6727
出版年度：2007
卷号：15
出版社：University of British Columbia
摘要：Canada¡¯s arctic marine fisheries occur within FAO statistical areas 18 and 21. Although many of the
communities in these areas rely on the sea, only commercial data have been part of the formal reporting
procedure. Small-scale fisheries data, including subsistence fisheries, have not been formerly assessed, nor
do they form part of the national and global reports. Here, we present reported and estimated catch data
for the period 1950 to 2001 for the commercial and small-scale sectors, including catches that were
formerly used for feeding sled-dog teams. During this period, it is estimated that small-scale marine
fisheries were 27 times larger than the reported commercial catches suggest, and small-scale catches
declined by 56 % overall. Excluding the sled-dog food component, the small-scale catches destined for
human consumption increased from approximately 523 tonnes in 1950 to an average of nearly 1,200
tonnes in the 1970s, but declined to approximately 900 tonnes by the early 2000s. Arctic marine fisheries
catches for the small-scale sector in terms of population (kg¡¤person-1¡¤year-1) reached an estimated peak of
268 kg in 1960 and were found to be 20.5 kg at the end of the study period.
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