Summary of polar bear population status per 2005

A status table was first discussed and published at the meeting in Copenhagen in 1993. The present table was concluded upon in Seattle in 2005, and can be found on page 34-35 in the proceedings. The comments will be printed below the table when clicked.

Population

Aerial survey / Mark-recapture analysis

Additional / Alternative Analysis

Number (year of estimate)

Estimate ±2 SE or min-max

Number (year of estimate)

Estimate ±2 SE or min-max

Sim

Dens

TEK

Historical annual removals (5 yr mean)

Potential maximum annual removals

Observed or predicted trend

Status

Estimated risk of future decline

 

East Greenland

unknown

            70 50 Data deficient Data deficient No estimate Comment

Barents Sea

2997 (2004)

2299-4116

 

 

 

 

 

na   Data deficient Data deficient No estimate Comment

Kara Sea

unknown

   

 

      na   Data deficient Data deficient No estimate Comment

Laptev Sea

800-1200 (1993)

            na   Data deficient Data deficient No estimate Comment

Chukchi Sea

    2000 (1993)     X   43 - Alaska, unk. but substantial in Chukotka uncertain Data deficient Data deficient No estimate Comment

Southern Beaufort Sea

1500 (2006)

1000-2000

          58 81 Declining Reduced No estimate Comment

Northern Beaufort Sea

1200 (1986)

133-2097

          36 65 Stable Not reduced No estimate Comment

Viscount Melville Sound

161 (1992)

121-201 215 (1996) 99-331* X     4 7 Increasing Severely reduced Very Low Comment

Norwegian Bay

190 (1998)

102-278

          3 4 Declining Not reduced Higher Comment

Lancaster Sound

2541 (1998) 1759-3323           74 85 Stable Not reduced Higher Comment

M’Clintock Channel

284 (2000)

166-402

          3 3 Increasing Severely reduced Very Low Comment

Gulf of Boothia

1523 (2000) 953-2093           46 74 Stable Not reduced Lower Comment

Foxe Basin

2197 (1994)

1677-2717

2300 (2004) 1780-2820* X   X 97 109 Stable Not reduced Lower Comment

Western Hudson Bay

935 (2004)

794-1076

          45 64 Declining Reduced Very High Comment

Southern Hudson Bay

1000 (1988)

684-1116

          37 43 Stable Not reduced Lower Comment

Kane Basin

164 (1998)

94-234

          11 15 Declining Reduced Very High Comment

Baffin Bay

2074 (1988)

1544-2604

1546 (2004) 690-2402' X     217 234 Declining Reduced Very High Comment

Davis Strait

    1650 (2004) 1000-2300* X   X 65 74 Data deficient Data deficient Lower Comment

Arctic Basin

unknown

            na