Walruses and the Walrus Hunt in West and Northwest Greenland

An Interview Survey about the Catch and the Climate

Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, Kristin L. Laidre, Maria Iversen (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

255 Seiten

2017
Museum Tusculanum Press (Verlag)
978-87-635-4548-8 (ISBN)

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This volume presents the results of an interview survey among Greenland subsistence hunters on walruses and the catch of walruses in West and Northwest Greenland. In these areas, the catch of walruses is still an important part of the traditional subsistence hunting culture. The Greenland walrus hunting grounds have experienced marked environmental changes due to climate change and quotas were introduced for the catch across all of Greenland in 2006. Thus, we wanted to explore how these changes had affected the local communities by interviewing seventy-six experienced walrus hunters living in twenty-two settlements and towns along the ca. 1,700 km coast from Maniitsoq in the south to Siorapaluk in the north. The interviews resulted in a wealth of detailed information about how climate changes and introduction of quotas have affected the walruses and the walrus hunting practice. The main text summarises the broad findings while more details are provided in the individual hunter statements in four appendices.

Erik W. Born is consultant for Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk. Anna Heilmann is consultant for Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk. Lene Kielsen Holm is a scientist at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk. Kristin L. Laidre is a scientist at the Polar Science Center, University of Washington, and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk. Maria Iversen is a consultant for the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, and University of Iceland's Research Center in Húsavík, Iceland.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	Monographs on Greenland
Verlagsort	Copenhagen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	15 x 25 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	87-635-4548-9 / 8763545489
ISBN-13	978-87-635-4548-8 / 9788763545488
Zustand	Neuware