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Location & Year(s)

Spring & Summer (Mar-Aug) - 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)

10,976

9,796

1,557

3,347

8,683

0

1,662

0

35,970

Bering Strait Mainland (1995)

433

213

100

2,127

1,217

953

1,743

0

6,789

Diomede Island (1995)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

St. Lawrence Island (0 1993 & 1996)

0

0

51

46

0

0

1

0

107

Togiak NWR, (0 1995-2000)

637

801

151

 700

755

0

21

0

3,064

Nushagak-Dillingham-Iliamna

        (0 1995-1999)

697

351

39

155

567

 0

39

0

1,849

Alaska Peninsula/Becharof NWR (0 1995-2000)

104

73

59

74

72

0

2

0

383

Northwest Arctic (1997/1998)

2,131

0

117

713

0

4,585

159

0

7,765

Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR,

       (0 1998, 1999)

381

0

0

3

504

0

0

0

924

Kanuti NWR (0 1999-2000)

72

0

0

   0

107

0

3

0

182

Innoko NWR (2000)

222

0

0

  0

636

0

9

0

 882

Yukon Flats NWR (2000)

1,357

0

0

 0

1,122

0

274

0

2,755

Upper Tanana River (2000)

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

0

7

North Slope (1992/93)3

364

0

0

464

441

0

6

0

1,7585

Aleutian Islands

0

0

13

295

15

436

0

0

7596

Kodiak Archipelago4

0

0

0

12

0

168

0

0

180

TOTALS

17,373

11,234

2,087

7,938

14,127

6,142

3,919

0

63,375


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

2 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.

3 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.