Indigenous people in Canada are exempt from this restriction and can at any time take various auk species and scoters (Melanitta spp.) for human food and clothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference

In addition to supporting most of the above wildlife in dense numbers, it is home to lesser scaups (Aythya affinis), pintails (Anis acuta), scoters (Melanitta spp.), and widgeons (Anis spp.), as well as 15-20 percent of the canvasback (Aythya valisineria) population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga] Reference

Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) DM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference

(Brian Currie) Melanitta fusca Winter is a great.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Fresh lease of life for Karnala Bird Sanctuary] Reference

Some of the most important species migrating through the area are: Cygnus bewickii, Branta ruficollis, Aythya nyroca, Melanitta fusca, Grus leucogeranus, Pandion haliaetus, Falco peregrinus, Numenius tenuirostris, Phoenicopterus roseus, Egretta garzetta, Ardeola ralloides, Plegadis falcinellus, Pterocles orientalis, Haliaeetus leucoryphus, Ancer erythropus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kazakh upland] Reference