The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study began collecting data in 1996 and completed data collection in the summer of 2001.
To carry out this massive undertaking, the NWMB had contracted the Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board, the Kivalliq Wildlife Board
(formerly the Keewatin Wildlife Federation) and the Kitikmeot Hunters and Trappers Organization to collect harvest data from Inuit hunters.
To perform this work, a fieldworker (sometimes two) was required in each community, as well as a data entry clerk for each of Nunavut’s three regions.
Five-Year Preliminary Reports were completed and sent out for community
consultation and data verification. The Harvest Study Coordinator
visited each community to review the preliminary data and consult
with community members on the Harvest Study.
The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study - Final Report was completed and
released in the fall of 2004. Copies of the report have been sent
out to the various groups and agencies that participated in the study.
Any remaining copies are being sold for $40.00 per copy to assist
with printing and shipping costs. Plans are underway to eventually
move this to an electronic/downloadable version on this website (NWMB.com).
The final database will furnish us with a vital long-term tool for
making sound wildlife management decisions, and for determining Inuit
basic needs levels Should it ever become necessary to limit harvesting
from a wildlife population, the first call on any such limit will
be to meet the basic needs level of Inuit. |
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