Combien y a-t-il de morses dans le stock de la baie d'Hudson et du détroit de Davis?
- Language of the publication
- French
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Report
- Author(s)
- Hammill, M. O.
- Mosnier, A.
- Matthews, C. J. D.
- Publisher
- Pêches et Océans Canada, Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques
Abstract
A Bayesian surplus production model was fitted to aerial survey estimates of abundance (n = 10) and reported harvests of walruses from the Hudson Bay-Davis Strait (HBDS) stock from 1954–2017. Model fit was poor, owing to the high abundance estimate resulting from the most recent survey conducted in 2017. Modelling exercises to explore possible reasons for the high estimate in 2017 included higher than assumed proportion of animals hauled out during the survey, as well as an influx of animals moving into Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait from neighbouring regions. Model fit improved when the possibility of mixing of animals between the HBDS and Foxe Basin management stocks was considered, and when the assumed proportion of animals hauled out was increased from 0.3 to 0.8. The survey abundance estimate from 2017 likely reflected one or a combination of these factors. The model-derived abundance estimate for the northern Hudson Bay-Strait component of the stock was 8,200 (95% CI = 5,800–19,700). Adding this to the survey-estimated abundance for walruses along the east coast of Baffin Island (3,900; 95% CI = 2,200–7,200), for which a sufficient time series of abundance estimates for population modelling was unavailable, provided a total HBDS stock abundance estimate of 12,200 (95% CI = 7,000–20,800) in 2017. The estimated potential biological removal (PBR) using this estimate and a recovery factor of 1 was 360 animals. The total annual removal through hunting, after adjusting reported catches for struck-and-loss and non-reporting, is estimated at 137 animals for the HBDS stock.
Description
1 online resource (iv, 21 pages) : maps, charts
Subject
- Biological diversity,
- Nature and environment,
- Water
Pagination
iv, 21 pages
Identifiers
- Government document number
- Fs70-5/2023-062F-PDF
- ISBN
- 9780660498720
- ISSN
- 2292-4272
Report
Relation
- Is translation of:
- https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/1432
Citation(s)
Hammill, M.O., Mosnier, A. et Matthews, C.J.D. 2023. Combien y a-t-il de morses dans le stock de la baie d’Hudson et du détroit de Davis? Secr. can. des avis sci. du MPO. Doc. de rech. 2023/062. iv + 21 p.