Nunavut Wildlife Management Board

Roster of Resolutions
Conference Call No.25
1996 - 97

(97-096  to  97-098)

Resolution 97-096

Resolved that the NWMB support the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development’s proposal to mount a “rescue and restocking” program for Peary caribou in the High Arctic subject to the following understandings and conditions:

   - That the NWMB will not entertain any subsequent invitation to provide funding for the capture and relocation operation, nor to cover any future maintenance costs relating to this project.
   - That the Calgary Zoo and the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development will develop a “Maintenance Plan” for the caribou for the duration of the animals’ stay at the zoo.
   - That any plans to restock the animals in their native habitat in future years will be contingent on NWMB approval, as per Article 5.2.34(d)(i) of the NLCA.
   - That surveys of the Peary caribou will be conducted on the High Arctic Islands in the 1997/98 fiscal year to establish a population estimate.
   - That steps will be taken, in consultation with the Resolute Bay HTA, to stop all hunting of Peary caribou on Bathurst Island.

Moved by: Joannie Ikkidluak   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Abstained: David Igutsaq
Date: 23 October 1996

Resolution 97-097

Resolved that the NWMB provide a donation of $2,000 to the Etudes Inuit Studies of Montreal to assist with publication of the book Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing written by Betty Kobayashi Issenman.
Moved by: Malachi Arreak   Seconded by: Joannie Ikkidluak
Carried Date: 23 October 1996

Resolution 97-098

Resolved that the “Strategic Plan for the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board” prepared by consultant Peter J. Usher be accepted as presented, with noted editorial corrections.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 23 October 1996