Source: "Marine Hunters: Whaling and Sealing in the North Atlantic," published by the High North Alliance, 1997.

Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

Distribution: Arctic waters of the North Atlantic.

Population and Catches: The Canada-Greenland population is estimated at 20-30,000. The size of the East Greenland-Spitsbergen population is unknown, but is unlikely to exceed the Baffin Bay-Davis Strait population. Hunted by Inuit in Canada and Greenland, with both harvests combined totalling some 800 annually.

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