RUSSIA ALASKA - Bering Sea Elders Group through the northern Bering Sea and Bering Strait region....
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ALASKA Wales Brevig Mission Shishmaref Teller Nome Diomede King Is. White Mountain Golovin Koyuk Koyuk River Elim Shaktoolik Unalakleet Unalakleet River Stebbins Kotlik Emmonak Nunam Iqua Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Is.) St. Matthew Is. Chevak Hooper Bay Newtok Kasigluk Nunapitchuk Atmautluak Eek Kwinhagak Goodnews Bay Platinum Kuskokwim Bay Bristol Bay Kwigillingok Kongiganak Tuntutuliak Kipnuk Chefornak Nightmute Tununak Mekoryuk Nunivak Is. BERING SEA Russia - U.S. Maritime Boundary Toksook Bay Bethel Yukon River St. Michaels Norton Sound Savoonga Gambell Bering Strait Kotzebue Sound Thousands of bowhead and beluga whales, hundreds of thousands of walruses, an estimated one million seals, and millions of seabirds migrate through the northern Bering Sea and Bering Strait region. Large areas of the ocean are used by local hunters and fishermen to harvest food for villages along the coast. Small-scale fisheries contribute to community economies. RUSSIA CHUKCHI SEA Kuskokwim River Bearded Seal Ringed Seal Spotted Seal Walrus Spectacled Eider Gray Whale Bowhead Whale Beluga Whale Salmon Important Bird Areas Subsistence Harvest Areas Spring Movement Fall Movement Presence Along Coastline Map Sources: Bering Sea Elders Group (2011) The Northern Bering Sea: Our Way of Life. Available at https://www.eloka-arctic.org/; NOAA (1988) Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Coastal and Ocean Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas. U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; Noongwook, G., et al. (2007) Traditional Knowledge of the Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) around St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Arctic 60: 47-54; Smith, M., et al. (2012) Marine Important Bird Areas in Alaska: Identifying Globally Significant Sites Using Colony and At-sea Survey Data. Audubon Alaska: Anchorage, AK. Map Credits: Map illustration by Hunter Hadaway (Center for Environmental Visualization); Layout by Eric Cline (TerraGraphica); Production and editing by Thomas Van Pelt (Transboundary Ecologic LLC). v2.0, 18 August 2016
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ALASKA
Wales
Brevig Mission
Shishmaref
Teller
Nome
Diomede
King Is. White Mountain
Golovin
Koyuk
Koyuk River
Elim
Shaktoolik
Unalakleet
Unalakleet River
Stebbins
Kotlik
Emmonak
Nunam Iqua
Sivuqaq(St. Lawrence Is.)
St. Matthew Is.
Chevak
Hooper Bay
Newtok Kasigluk NunapitchukAtmautluak
Eek
Kwinhagak
Goodnews BayPlatinum
Kuskokwim Bay
BristolBay
Kwigillingok
Kongiganak
Tuntutuliak
Kipnuk
Chefornak
Nightmute
Tununak
Mekoryuk
Nunivak Is.
BERING SEA
Russia - U
.S. M
aritime
Boundary
Toksook Bay
Bethel
Yukon River
St. Michaels
Norton Sound
SavoongaGambell
Bering Strait
Kotzebue Sound
Thousands of bowhead and beluga whales, hundreds of thousands of walruses, an estimated one million seals, and millions of seabirds migrate through the northern Bering Sea and Bering Strait region. Large areas of the ocean are used by local hunters and fishermen to harvest food for villages along the coast. Small-scale fisheries contribute to community economies.
RUSSIA
CHUKCHI SEA
Kuskokwim River
Bearded Seal
Ringed Seal
Spotted Seal
Walrus
Spectacled Eider
Gray Whale
Bowhead Whale
Beluga Whale
Salmon
Important Bird Areas
Subsistence Harvest Areas
Spring Movement
Fall Movement
Presence Along Coastline
Map Sources: Bering Sea Elders Group (2011) The Northern Bering Sea: Our Way of Life. Available at https://www.eloka-arctic.org/; NOAA (1988) Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Coastal and Ocean Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas. U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; Noongwook, G., et al. (2007) Traditional Knowledge of the Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) around St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Arctic 60: 47-54; Smith, M., et al. (2012) Marine Important Bird Areas in Alaska: Identifying Globally Significant Sites Using Colony and At-sea Survey Data. Audubon Alaska: Anchorage, AK. Map Credits: Map illustration by Hunter Hadaway (Center for Environmental Visualization); Layout by Eric Cline (TerraGraphica); Production and editing by Thomas Van Pelt (Transboundary Ecologic LLC). v2.0, 18 August 2016
