Harvest and Use of Wild Resources in Yakutat, Alaska, 2015

Harvest and Use of Wild Resources in Yakutat, Alaska, 2015
Author: Lauren Sill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2017
Genre: Fishing surveys
ISBN:

This report provides updated information about the harvests and uses of fish, wildlife, and wild plant resources by the community of Yakutat, Alaska. From January through April 2016, eligible households in Yakutat answered questions about their harvest and use of fish, wildlife, and wild plants in 2015. Through these household surveys, researchers: 1) estimated harvests and uses of wild fish, wildlife, and plant resources in a 12-month study period by residents of the study community; 2) mapped areas used for hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering; 3) collected demographic and income information; and 4) evaluated trends in wild resource harvests. Project researchers also conducted in-depth interviews with select community members and engaged in participant observation activities. During the 2015 study year, almost all Yakutat households used and harvested wild resources, both for nutrition and to support their way of life. Yakutat residents used a large variety of resources, harvested throughout much of the area around the community, including salmon and other fish, large land mammals, marine mammals, and wild plants and berries, as well marine invertebrates, migratory waterfowl, upland game birds, bird eggs, and small land mammals. The total estimated harvest of wild foods for Yakutat in 2015 was 154,977 usable pounds (262 lb per capita), a decrease from the previous harvest estimate in 2000. Results indicate that the use, harvest, and sharing of wild resources remain important to the community. Funding for the study was provided through the North Pacific Research Board. The project was conducted collaboratively by research staff of the Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the National Park Service, and residents of Yakutat.

Valuing Wildlife Resources In Alaska

Valuing Wildlife Resources In Alaska
Author: George Peterson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000002004

This book is a collection of papers written for a workshop on the economic value of Alaskan wildlife resources held at Denali National Park in September 1989. It provides resource managers and policy makers with enough background to address their own needs for economic information and analysis.

Subsistence as a Component of the Mixed Economic Base in a Modernizing Community

Subsistence as a Component of the Mixed Economic Base in a Modernizing Community
Author: Ronald J. Glass
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1990
Genre: Community development
ISBN:

Although subsistence activities in rural Alaskan communities are ofte reexamined in isolation, they are one component of mixed economic systems. Public and private sectors also play primary roles in socioeconomic well-being, and there is considerable interaction among the sectors. In this paper, the mixed economic base of a modernizing rural community is examined with emphasis on the interrelationships between personal use of natural resources and other sectors of the economy.