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Table 2 Summary of Inuit interviewee information and responses regarding killer whale predation on fish in Nunavut waters.

From: Prey items and predation behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada based on Inuit hunter interviews

  

Summary of interviewee responses about killer whales eating fish

Region

Community

No mention

Doesn't know, not sure

Maybe, probably

No, do not eat fish

Yes, do eat fish

Hudson Bay

Repulse Bay (17)

17

    
 

Rankin Inlet (10)

9

 

1

  
 

Arviat (5)

5

    

Foxe Basin

Igloolik (16)

5

1

4

2

4

 

Hall Beach (7)

1

2

1

2

1

North Baffin Island

Arctic Bay (11)

9

2

   
 

Pond Inlet (8)

8

    
 

Qikiqtarjuaq (8)

8

    

South Baffin Island

Kimmirut (5)

5

    
 

Iqaluit (7)

4

 

2

 

1

 

Pangnirtung (11)

9

 

1

 

1

Total

 

79

5

9

4

7