Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
Summary
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This report summarizes Pacific walrus harvest data that was collected in 1981 in Diomede, Alaska. This year the marine mammal division of the Fish and Wildlife Service FWS conducted their second study of the walrus during the spring hunting season in the village of Diomede. Again, as in last year, the FWS imposed no limits on the number of walrus that could be taken by the natives. The objectives of this springs study were: to document the total number and sex of walruses harvested; to sample the age and tusk length of animals harvested; to sample several animals for contaminant levels; to document any additional information pertinent to the life history of the walrus; and subsistence requirements of the natives.