A status table was first discussed and published at the 11th meeting of the PBSG in Copenhagen in 1993. The present table was discussed and concluded upon in Copenhagen in 2009, and some small updates on the comments was done in March 2010. The comments will be printed below the table when clicked.
Population |
Aerial survey / Mark-recapture analysis |
Additional / Alternative Analysis |
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| Number (year of estimate) |
±2 SE or 95% CI |
Number (year of estimate) |
±2 SE or min-max range |
Sim | TEK | Historical annual removals (5 yr mean) | Potential maximum annual removals | Status | Current trend | Estimated risk of future decline | |||
| Arctic Basin | Unknown | N/A | 0 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | ||||||
| Baffin Bay | 2074 (1997) | 1544-2604 | 1546 (2004) | 690-2402 | X | 212 | 176 | Data deficient | Declining | Very high | Comment | ||
| Barents Sea | 2650 (2004) | 1900-3600 | 1 | 0 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | |||||
| Chukchi Sea | Unknown | 37 - plus unknown but substantial in Russia (100-200) | No quotas | Reduced | Declining | Data deficient | Comment | ||||||
| Davis Strait | 2142 (2007) | 1811-2534 | 60 | 66 | Not reduced | Declining | Very high | Comment | |||||
| East Greenland | Unknown | 58 | 54 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | ||||||
| Foxe Basin | 2197 (1994) | 1677-2717 | 2300 (2004) | 1780-2820 | X | X | 101 | 108 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | |
| Gulf of Boothia | 1592 (2000) | 870-2314 | 60 | 74 | Not reduced | Stable | Very low | Comment | |||||
| Kane Basin | 164 (1998) | 94-234 | 11 | 15 | Reduced | Declining | Very high | Comment | |||||
| Kara Sea | Unknown | N/A | 0 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | ||||||
| Lancaster Sound | 2541 (1998) | 1759-3323 | 83 | 85 | Data deficient | Declining | Higher | Comment | |||||
| Laptev Sea | 800-1200 (1993) | N/A | 0 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | ||||||
| M'Clintock Channel | 284 (2000) | 166-402 | 2 | 3 | Reduced | Increasing | Very low | Comment | |||||
| Northern Beaufort Sea | 1202 (2006) | 686-1718 | 29 | 65 | Not reduced | Stable | Data deficient | Comment | |||||
| Norwegian Bay | 190 (1998) | 102-278 | 4 | 4 | Data deficient | Declining | Very high | Comment | |||||
| Southern Beaufort Sea | 1526 (2006) | 1210-1842 | 44 | 80 | Reduced | Declining | Moderate | Comment | |||||
| Southern Hudson Bay | 900-1000 (2005) | 396-950 (ON) 70-100 (James Bay) | 35 | 61 | Not reduced | Stable | Very high | Comment | |||||
| Viscount Melville Sound | 161 (1992) | 121-201 | 215 (1996) | 99-331 | X | 5 | 7 | Data deficient | Data deficient | Data deficient | Comment | ||
| Western Hudson Bay | 935 (2004) | 791-1079 | 44 | 16 | Reduced | Declining | Very high | Comment | |||||