NUNAVUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT BOARD

MINUTES: CONFERENCE CALL No. 24

TUESDAY, 1 OCTOBER 1996

Agenda

Call to Order

Agenda

Walrus Sport Hunt Plan: Salluit

Communications Policy

Charr Tagging Project, Gjoa Haven: Funding Request

Adjournment

1. Call to Order

The Chairperson, Ben Kovic , convened the Conference Call at 2:00 p.m.

Mr. Kovic welcomed the participants including Johnny Peters, the Makivik alternate Member. Ben advised that Mr. Peters had joined the Conference Call because the agenda item was an overlap issue.

2. Agenda

Jim Noble advised that the Conference Call was convened to approve the amended Walrus Sport Hunt Plan for Salluit in Northern Quebec.

3. Walrus Sport Hunt Plan: Salluit

Jim Noble advised that the NWMB had received a revised Hunt Plan for the proposed Salluit walrus sport hunt. For the hunt to proceed by October 1, as the proponents intended, the Board would have to accept the Hunt Plan. The revisions from the previous draft include:

•  That for the 1996 season, it is understood that the harvest quota for walrus by the Nunavik community of Salluit within the Nottingham and Salisbury Islands area, including both the subsistence hunt by Inuit and the sport hunt, will not exceed the average number of walrus harvested by that community in that area, during the years 1990 to 1995; and

•  That there is no reference to walrus hunting by bow and arrow; and

•  That the total sport-hunt quota of walrus for the 1996 season is four landed animals and eight strikes.

The Board approved the revised 1996 Walrus Sport Hunt Plan for Salluit, and agreed to advise Makivik of the decision. (Resolution 97-093)

4. Communications Policy

Jim Noble reminded the Board that Gordon Koshinsky had been requested to work on the Communication Policy for the Board. Jim suggested that in light of Gordon’s workload, it might be more appropriate for the Board to contract a consultant to draft this policy. The Members approved of this action and Kevin McCormick offered to draft a “Call for Proposal” for review by the Board. (Resolution 97-094)

5. Charr Tagging Project, Gjoa Haven: Funding Request

Jim Noble noted that this item had been included in the Board’s materials for the Arviat Meeting in August, but had been inadvertently overlooked. Dan Pike reviewed his “Submission for Decision to the NWMB” regarding this proposed project. The Board approved a contribution of $5,000. (Resolution 97-095)

6. Adjournment

The Conference Call adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Minutes Approved by:____________________________ _________________

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