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.
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Population |
Aerial survey / Mark-recapture analysis |
Additional / Alternative Analysis |
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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 |
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East Greenland |
unknown |
70 | 50 | Data deficient | Data deficient | No estimate | Comment | ||||||
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Barents Sea |
2997 (2004) |
2299-4116 |
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na | Data deficient | Data deficient | No estimate | Comment | ||
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Kara Sea |
unknown |
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na | Data deficient | Data deficient | No estimate | Comment | ||||||
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Laptev Sea |
800-1200 (1993) |
na | Data deficient | Data deficient | No estimate | Comment | |||||||
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Chukchi Sea |
2000 (1993) | X | 43 - Alaska, unk. but substantial in Chukotka | uncertain | Data deficient | Data deficient | No estimate | Comment | |||||
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Southern Beaufort Sea |
1500 (2006) |
1000-2000 |
58 | 81 | Declining | Reduced | No estimate | Comment | |||||
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Northern Beaufort Sea |
1200 (1986) |
133-2097 |
36 | 65 | Stable | Not reduced | No estimate | Comment | |||||
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Viscount Melville Sound |
161 (1992) |
121-201 | 215 (1996) | 99-331* | X | 4 | 7 | Increasing | Severely reduced | Very Low | Comment | ||
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Norwegian Bay |
190 (1998) |
102-278 |
3 | 4 | Declining | Not reduced | Higher | Comment | |||||
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Lancaster Sound |
2541 (1998) | 1759-3323 | 74 | 85 | Stable | Not reduced | Higher | Comment | |||||
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M’Clintock Channel |
284 (2000) |
166-402 |
3 | 3 | Increasing | Severely reduced | Very Low | Comment | |||||
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Gulf of Boothia |
1523 (2000) | 953-2093 | 46 | 74 | Stable | Not reduced | Lower | Comment | |||||
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Foxe Basin |
2197 (1994) |
1677-2717 |
2300 (2004) | 1780-2820* | X | X | 97 | 109 | Stable | Not reduced | Lower | Comment | |
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Western Hudson Bay |
935 (2004) |
794-1076 |
45 | 64 | Declining | Reduced | Very High | Comment | |||||
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Southern Hudson Bay |
1000 (1988) |
684-1116 |
37 | 43 | Stable | Not reduced | Lower | Comment | |||||
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Kane Basin |
164 (1998) |
94-234 |
11 | 15 | Declining | Reduced | Very High | Comment | |||||
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Baffin Bay |
2074 (1988) |
1544-2604 |
1546 (2004) | 690-2402' | X | 217 | 234 | Declining | Reduced | Very High | Comment | ||
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Davis Strait |
1650 (2004) | 1000-2300* | X | X | 65 | 74 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Lower | Comment | |||
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Arctic Basin |
unknown |
na | |||||||||||