GOUDIE, Jim
GOUDIE, Jim
GOUDIE, Jim
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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
Thank you!