Table III–33
Nuiqsut Subsistence Harvest by Month (July 1 1994 to June 30 1995)
| Subsistence Resource |
Numbers of Animals/Foods Harvested |
Total |
Est. Total |
|||||||||||
|
1994 |
1995 |
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|
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
71 HH’s |
83 HH’s |
|
|
Arctic Char |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Arctic Cisco1 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
5,737 |
2,400 |
1,050 |
262 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9,486 |
9,842 |
|
Broad Whitefish |
1,535 |
25 |
75 |
855 |
500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
130 |
3,120 |
3,237 |
|
Burbot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
76 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
91 |
|
Fish Unidentified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75 |
75 |
78 |
|
Grayling |
0 |
24 |
225 |
110 |
84 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
445 |
462 |
|
Humpback Salmon |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
|
Humpback Whitefish1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
175 |
182 |
|
Least Cisco |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
750 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
750 |
778 |
|
Northern Pike |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
|
Whitefish Unidentified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
425 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
475 |
493 |
|
Caribou |
63 |
32 |
6 |
80 |
13 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
2 |
15 |
249 |
258 |
|
Moose |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Wolf |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
19 |
|
Wolverine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Arctic Fox |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
Fox Unidentified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Red Fox |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Polar Bear |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tundra Swan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Geese Unidentified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
409 |
48 |
457 |
474 |
|
Eider Unidentified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
40 |
90 |
93 |
|
Ptarmigan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
23 |
0 |
56 |
58 |
|
Sandhill Crane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ringed Seal |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
23 |
24 |
|
Salmonberries (gallon) |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
Cranberries (gallon) |
0 |
0.5 |
¾ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
1 |
|
Blueberries (gallon) |
0 |
2.5 |
¾ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.5 |
3 |
|
Blackberries (gallon) |
0 |
0.5 |
¾ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
1 |
Notes:
1 The harvest of arctic cisco and humpback whitefish is underrepresented:
one household provided evidence of a significant but unquantifiable harvest
by saying that “sled loads” were harvested “every couple of days during October
and November.”
Source: Brower and Opie, 1997; Brower and Hepa, 1998.