Importance in Indigenous Cultures
Blakiston's fish owl is revered by the Ainu peoples of Hokkaido, Japan as a Kamuy (divine being) called Kotan koru Kamuy (God that Protects the Village). In Russia, the species is currently considered a food source by the Evens people in northern Siberia and the northern Russian Far East. Previously, fish owls were hunted as a food source by the Udege peoples in Primorye, but this practice has fallen out of favor in recent times (Slaght and Surmach 2008).
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