For calendar year 2012, the ADF&G survey estimated that Shungnak residents harvested 100,872 lb (±30%) of wild food, or about 368 lb per person. The top five wild foods by estimated edible weight were caribou (53,802 lb, 53% of the total), sheefish (17,334 lb, 17%), chum salmon (14,747 lb, 15%), broad whitefish (2,842 lb, 3%), and moose (2,421 lb, 2%). All of surveyed households reported harvesting at least one kind of wild food for personal or family consumption. On average, households reported harvesting 7 and using 13 kinds of wildlife foods (the most reported by a single household was 27 kinds of wild food).
For calendar year 2012, the ADF&G survey estimated that Shungnak residents harvested 100,872 lb (±30%) of wild food, or a,bout 368 lb per person. The top five wild foods by estimated edible weight were caribou (53,802 lb 53% of the total), sheefish (17,334 lb, 17%), chum salmon (14,747 lb, 15%), broad whitefish (2,842 lb, 3%), and moose (2,421 lb, 2%). All of surveyed households reported harvesting at least one kind of wild food for personal or family consumption. On average, households reported harvesting 7 and using 13 kinds of wildlife foods (the most reported by a single household was 27 kinds of wild food).