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Location & Year(s)

Fall & Winter (Sept-Feb) - Average Annual Harvest (Geese)

 

White-fronted

Geese

Cackling Canada Geese

Emperor Geese

Black Brant

Lesser Canada Geese

Unknown Canada Geese

Lesser Snow Geese

Aleutian Canada Geese

Total Goose Harvest1

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (0 1995-2000)

1,627

2,963

102

436

2,392

0

419

0

7,937

Bering Strait Mainland (1995)

116

258

11

500

917

655

166

0

509

Diomede Island (1995)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

St. Lawrence Island (0 1993 & 1996)

0

0

10

11

2

3

212

0

238

Togiak NWR, (0 1995-2000)

36

86

0

  23

58

0

0

0

203

Nushagak-Dillingham-Iliamna

        (0 1995-1999)

14

0

0

0

8

 0

0

0

22

Alaska Peninsula/Becharof NWR (0 1995-2000)

0

1

1

0

2

0

0

0

4

Northwest Arctic (1997/1998)

20

0

0

7

0

890

0

81

998

Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR,

       (0 1998, 1999, 2001)

44

0

0

0

127

30

0

0

201

Kanuti NWR (0 1999-2000)

3

0

0

   0

57

0

0

0

60

Innoko NWR (2000)

174

0

0

  0

187

15

0

0

 376

Yukon Flats NWR (2000)

62

0

0

 0

132

9

0

0

202

Upper Tanana River (2000)

27

0

0

0

17

0

0

0

44

North Slope (1992/93)3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

05

Aleutian Islands

0

29

842

826

101

595

53

27

24796

Kodiak Archipelago4

0

0

0

0

0

799

0

0

807

TOTALS

3,003

3,912

1,113

2,110

4,548

3,277

919

27

18,967


1 Includes an insignificant amount of “season unkown” harvest data

2 Fall harvest may include some August harvest

3 Anaktuvuk & Atkasuk - 1995, Kaktovik - 0 1992 & 1995, Nuiqsut 0 1993 & 1995. No 1990's data is available on the other North Slope communities. In the late 1980's, Barrow, Wainwright and Pt. Lay had an average harvest of 5,700 geese and 7,900 ducks.

4 Does not include the City of Kodiak, survey season was March 1999 - March 2000.


Sources: Wentworth & Wong 2001; Paige et al. 1996; ADF&G and Kawerak, Inc. 1997; Wong and Wentworth 2001; Georgette 2000; Webb 2000; USFWS, 2002; Wong et al. 2000 and 2001; Andersen & Jennings 2001a & b; Brower & Opie 1996 & 1997; Brower et al. 2000; Hepa et al. 1997; ADF&G 2001; Stovall 2000.