Title: Alaska migratory bird subsistence harvest estimates, 2008, Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council
Description: This report presents subsistence harvest estimates of migratory birds and their eggs in Alaska for the data year 2008. Data were gathered through the harvest assessment program of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co- Management Council. This program relies on collaboration among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and a number of regional Alaska Native organizations. Information obtained by this program is used to evaluate federal subsistence harvest regulations, to document customary and traditional uses of migratory birds in Alaska, and to plan for the continued harvest and conservation of birds.
Subjects: Statistics, Bird surveys, Hunting, Egg gathering, Alaska Natives, Hunting surveys, Fowling, Subsistence hunting, Migratory birds
Places: Alaska