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Technical Paper No. 457 Technical Paper No. 457 Harvest and Use of Wild Resources in Wales, 2017 by Elizabeth H. Mikow Daniel Gonzalez Brooke M. McDavid and Marylynne L. Kostick January 2020 Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence Symbols and Abbreviations The following symbols and abbreviations, and others approved for the Système International d'Unités (SI), are used without definition in Division of Subsistence reports. All others, including deviations from definitions listed below, are noted in the text at first mention, in the titles or footnotes of tables, and in figures or figure captions. Weights and measures (metric) General Mathematics, statistics centimeter cm Alaska Administrative Code AAC all standard mathematical signs, deciliter dL all commonly-accepted symbols and abbreviations gram g abbreviations e.g., alternate hypothesis HA hectare ha Mr., Mrs., base of natural logarithm e kilogram kg AM, PM, etc. catch per unit effort CPUE kilometer km all commonly-accepted coefficient of variation CV liter L professional titles e.g., Dr., Ph.D., common test statistics (F, t, χ2, etc.) meter m R.N., etc. confidence interval CI milliliter mL at @ correlation coefficient (multiple) R millimeter mm compass directions: correlation coefficient (simple) r east E covariance cov Weights and measures (English) north N degree (angular ) ° cubic feet per second ft3/s south S degrees of freedom df foot ft west W expected value E gallon gal copyright greater than > inch in corporate suffixes: greater than or equal to ≥ mile mi Company Co. harvest per unit effort HPUE nautical mile nmi Corporation Corp. less than < ounce oz Incorporated Inc. less than or equal to ≤ pound lb Limited Ltd. logarithm (natural) ln quart qt District of Columbia D.C. logarithm (base 10) log yard yd et alii (and others) et al. logarithm (specify base) log2, etc. et cetera (and so forth) etc. minute (angular) ' Time and temperature exempli gratia (for example) e.g. not significant NS day d Federal Information Code FIC null hypothesis HO degrees Celsius °C id est (that is) i.e. percent % degrees Fahrenheit °F latitude or longitude lat. or long. probability P degrees kelvin K monetary symbols (U.S.) $, ¢ probability of a type I error (rejection of hour h months (tables and the null hypothesis when true) α minute min figures) first three letters (Jan,...,Dec) probability of a type II error (acceptance second s registered trademark of the null hypothesis when false) β trademark second (angular) " Physics and chemistry United States (adjective) U.S. standard deviation SD all atomic symbols United States of America (noun) USA standard error SE alternating current AC U.S.C. United States Code variance: ampere A U.S. states two-letter abbreviations population Var calorie cal (e.g., AK, WA) sample var direct current DC hertz Hz Measures (fisheries) horsepower hp fork length FL hydrogen ion activity mideye-to-fork MEF (negative log of) pH mideye-to-tail-fork METF parts per million ppm standard length SL parts per thousand ppt, ‰ total length TL volts V watts W TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 457 HARVEST AND USE OF WILD RESOURCES IN WALES, 2017 by Elizabeth H. Mikow, Daniel Gonzalez, and Brooke M. McDavid Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence, Fairbanks and Marylynne L. Kostick Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence, Anchorage Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence 1300 College Road Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 January 2020 The Division of Subsistence Technical Paper Series was established in 1979 and represents the most complete collection of information about customary and traditional uses of fish and wildlife resources in Alaska. The papers cover all regions of the state. Some papers were written in response to specific fish and game management issues. Others provide detailed, basic information on the subsistence uses of particular communities which pertain to a large number of scientific and policy questions. Technical Paper series reports are available through the Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS), the Alaska State Library and on the Internet: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/publications/. This publication has undergone editorial and professional review. Elizabeth H. Mikow, Daniel Gonzalez, and Brooke M. McDavid Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99701-1551 USA and Marylynne L. Kostick Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, AK 99518-1565 USA This document should be cited as: Mikow, E.H., D. Gonzalez, B.M. McDavid and M.L. Kostick. 2020. Harvest and use of wild resources in Wales, 2017. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence, Technical Paper No. 457, Fairbanks. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) administers all programs and activities free from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, or disability. The department administers all programs and activities in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility please write: ADF&G ADA Coordinator, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK, 99811-5526 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042, Arlington, VA, 22203 Office of Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, MS 5230, Washington, D.C. 20240 The department’s ADA Coordinator can be reached via phone at the following numbers: (Voice) 907-465-6077, (Statewide Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) 1-800-478-3648, (Juneau TDD) 907-465-3646, or (Fax) 907-465-6078 For information on alternative formats and questions on this publication, please contact: ADF&G Division of Subsistence at http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=contacts.anchorage TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. iii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... iv List of Appendices ..........................................................................................................................v List of Appendix Tables ............................................................................................................... vi 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................1 Elizabeth H. Mikow Project Background ..........................................................................................................................4 Regional Background .......................................................................................................................4 Prehistory .....................................................................................................................................4 Ethnographic Past ........................................................................................................................4 Non-Native Contact .....................................................................................................................5 Whaling .............................................................................................................................................6 Reindeer ............................................................................................................................................6 Gold Rush .........................................................................................................................................6 Contemporary Setting .......................................................................................................................7 About Wales .................................................................................................................................7 Regulatory Context ..........................................................................................................................9 Study Objectives ............................................................................................................................10 Research Methods ..........................................................................................................................11 Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research .........................................................................11 Project Planning and Approvals .................................................................................................11 Systematic Household Surveys ..................................................................................................11 Mapping Locations of Subsistence Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Activities .......................11 Household Survey Implementation ...........................................................................................13 Data Analysis and Review .............................................................................................................13 Survey Data Entry and Analysis ................................................................................................13
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