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Nunatsiavut Government<br />

Perspective on Harvesting


Nunatsiavut (Our Beautiful Land)<br />

• Traditional Land belonging to the Inuit of<br />

Labrador<br />

• 72,500 square kilometers (28,000 square miles) in<br />

northern Labrador and 48,690 square kilometers<br />

(18,800 square miles) of sea.<br />

• Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve,<br />

consisting of about 9,600 square kilometers (3,700<br />

square miles) of land within LISA.<br />

• 5 Communities and approx. 7,000 beneficiaries<br />

• Agreement signed on December 1 st 2005


Nunatsiavut Government<br />

Conservation<br />

• Conservation and the use of a precautionary approach are<br />

priorities in decision-making that directly affects Wildlife,<br />

Plants or Habitat in the Nunatsiavut Settlement Area<br />

(12.2.1 Labrador Inuit Land claims Agreement)


Caribou herds of Interest to the<br />

Nunatsiavut Government<br />

• The George River herd<br />

• The 'Torngat Mountain Herd<br />

• The Red Wine Mountain Herd<br />

• The Mealy Mountain Herd


The George River Herd<br />

• Herd most harvested by Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries<br />

• Often long distances involved in trying to harvest<br />

from this herd up to 1000 Km per trip<br />

• Average take by Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries is 1400<br />

a year however it varies on migration of the herd<br />

• No current management system in place


The Torngat Mountain Herd<br />

• Herd resides in Northern Nunatsiavut<br />

• Harvested mostly by beneficiaries in the<br />

communities of Nain and Hopedale, unknown<br />

number of animals harvested<br />

• A lot of Traditional Knowledge but little scientific<br />

knowledge about the herd to draw from<br />

• Upcoming survey with Torngat Wildlife Board as<br />

lead<br />

• No current management system in place


Woodland Herds<br />

• Red Wine Mountain and Mealy Mountain herds<br />

• Traditionally hunted by Inuit<br />

• Currently protected under species at risk<br />

legislation<br />

• No current harvest by Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries<br />

• Possible translocation project in summer/fall 2010


Nunatsiavut Conservation<br />

• Wildlife Stewardship<br />

• Conservation Officers<br />

(Guardians)<br />

• Torngat Wildlife<br />

Management Board<br />

• Inuit Domestic<br />

Harvest Levels<br />

Mechanisms


Nunatsiavut Stewardship<br />

• Began in 2001-2002<br />

• Represents Nunatsiavut on Recovery<br />

teams<br />

• Promotes Sara principals to the people of<br />

Nunatsiavut<br />

• Conducts/co-op with Wildlife studies and<br />

surveys<br />

• Nunatsiavut representative for all SARA<br />

matters


Inuit Domestic Harvest Level<br />

• Multi-year Process in which the<br />

sustainable harvest level of<br />

most species is obtained.<br />

• Harvest level is then<br />

recommended to minister for<br />

approval<br />

• Honor system, no tags or<br />

licenses.<br />

• Inuit may take as much as she<br />

or he feels he needs at any time<br />

of the year<br />

• IDHL Calendars in each<br />

household to record the amount,<br />

date and species harvested.


Nunatsiavut Harvest Survey<br />

• A joint project between NG, Memorial University and<br />

CWS.<br />

• Individual Households surveyed on amount of species<br />

harvested<br />

• From the survey an estimate of 1400 caribou are harvested<br />

on average every year by Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries<br />

• Traditional sharing of the harvest also represented. (Some<br />

harvested Caribou meat traced as far away as Vancouver)<br />

• Now in very preliminary discussion to make this a multi<br />

year survey to better understand harvest trends


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