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Nunavut Wildlife Management Board |
Roster of
Resolutions
Regular Meeting No.19
1998 - 99
(99-058 to 99-085)
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Resolution
99-058
Resolved that the agenda for NWMB Meeting
No. 19 be accepted with noted amendments.
Moved by: Joan Scottie Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-059
Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Meeting
No. 18 conducted at Broughton Island on May 12-14, 1998 be adopted
as amended.
Moved by: Harry Flaherty Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-060
Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Conference
Call No. 37 conducted on 11 June 1998 be adopted as presented.
Moved by: Harry Flaherty Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-061
Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Conference
Call No. 38 conducted on 12 June 1998 be adopted as presented.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-062
Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Conference
Call No. 39 conducted on 02 July 1998 be adopted as presented.
Moved by: Joan Scottie Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-063
Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Conference
Call No. 40 conducted on 20 July 1998 be adopted as amended.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-064
Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Special
Meeting No. 7 conducted at Iqaluit on March 10-12, 1998 be adopted
as amended.
Moved by: David Tagoona Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-065
Resolved that the NWMB accept the 1997/98
Audited Financial Statement as presented.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-066
Resolved that the NWMB accept the 31
July 1998 Financial Report as presented.
Moved by: Harry Flaherty Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 25 August 1998
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Resolution
99-067
Resolved that the NWMB initiate a management
planning process for walrus similar to the planning process that was
recently initiated for narwhal.
Moved by: Harry Flaherty Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-068
Resolved that the NWMB take steps to
implement a new management system for narwhal as developed by the Narwhal
Working Group, in summary to eliminate community quotas for narwhal
subject to hunt and harvest monitoring programs being in place and
all other non-quota limitations being retained.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Abstention: 1 (Joan Scottie)
Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-069
Resolved that the NWMB approve the recommendation
of the Southeast Baffin Beluga Management Committee to eliminate quotas
for beluga whales for the communities of Iqaluit and Kimmirut, pending
the initiation of appropriate hunt and harvest monitoring programs.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Abstention: 1 (David Tagoona)
Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-070
Resolved that the NWMB endorse the recommendations
developed by the Southeast Baffin Beluga Management Committee at its
June meeting, in summary that:
A survey of Cumberland Sound beluga be conducted in 1999.
DFO continue and expand its genetic and contaminant analyses,
with the particular aim of determining the relationships between southeast Baffin
beluga and beluga from adjacent areas.
DFO assess the feasibility and benefits of conducting fall
and winter surveys in the area of outer Frobisher Bay and Resolution Island.
The NWMB coordinate production of a guide to HTOs on the development,
use and enforcement of hunting bylaws.
All parties conduct vigorous consultations with their constituents.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-071
Resolved that the NWMB approve the Management
Plan for Bowhead Whales in the Nunavut Settlement Area, as updated
for 1998 by DFO with editorial input from NWMB staff.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-072
Resolved that the NWMB give its support-in-principle
to the proposed initiative of World Wildlife Fund Canada to produce
a conservation plan for the Eastern Arctic population of bowhead whales,
pending clarification of the relationship of this initiative to the
mandate of COSEWIC under incoming legislation pertaining to wildlife
species at risk.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Abstained: 1 (David Tagoona)
Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-073
Resolved that the NWMB meet in-camera
Moved by: David Tagoona Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-074
Resolved that the in-camera session be
closed
Moved by: David Tagoona Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-075
Resolved that the NWMB approve the DRWED
recommendations to increase polar bear quotas for four communities
for the 1998/99 season as follows:
1. For the community of Pelly Bay, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Gulf of Boothia, to increase the quota from 10 to 15.
2. For the community of Grise Fiord, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Kane Basin, to increase the quota from 1 to 5.
3. For the community of Repulse Bay, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Foxe Basin, to increase the quota from 5 to 12.
4. For the community of Pangnirtung, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Davis Strait, to increase the quota from 13 to 14.
Moved by: Pauloosie Keyootak Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-076
Resolved that the NWMB approve the DRWED
recommendations to decrease polar bear quotas for four communities
for the 1998/99 season as follows:
1. For the community of Clyde River, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Baffin Bay, to decrease the quota from 21 to 8.
2. For the community of Coral Harbour, for hunting the
polar bear population known as Foxe Basin, to decrease the quota from 39 to 34.
3. For the community of Igloolik, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Foxe Basin, to decrease the quota from 4 to 1.
4. For the community of Kimmirut, for hunting the polar
bear population known as Foxe Basin, to decrease the quota from 9 to 8.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick Seconded by: David Tagoona
Carried Date: 26 August 1998
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Resolution
99-077
Resolved that the NWMB reaffirm its original
decision (Resolution 99-018) to allow an Inuk to harvest a polar bear
in the traditional manner, and forward this final decision to the DRWED
Minister.
Moved by: Joan Scottie Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-078
Resolved that the NWMB's Director of
Wildlife Management be directed to negotiate a contract effective September
1, 1998, with the Coordinator of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study
for completion of the Study.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-079
Resolved that the NWMB instruct the Executive
Director to attempt to arrange a joint meeting of the IPGs in conjunction
with the next NWMB Board meeting.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-080
Resolved that the NWMB approve the NRI/CFI
Committee to retain NWMB donation funding in the amount of $5,000 until
further arrangements can be made to complete a feasibility study on
research capabilities in Nunavut.
Moved by: Harry Flaherty Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-081
Resolved that the NWMB approve the sale
of the 1994 Chevrolet Astro van for a reserved price of $7,000, and
that the NWMB purchase a new replacement vehicle of comparable capacity
and characteristics.
Moved by: Pauloosie Keyootak Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-082
Resolved that the NWMB contract for services
to provide ongoing computer maintenance as well as computer training
for staff.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick Seconded by: Harry Flaherty
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-083
Resolved that the NWMB approve the purchase
of computer hardware and software to upgrade the current NWMB computer
network estimated at approximately $15,000.
Moved by: David Tagoona Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-084
Resolved that the next (20th) regular
Meeting of the NWMB be conducted at Cambridge Bay the week of 16 November
1998, this in the event that plans for a joint IPG/NWMB meeting in
Yellowknife in late November/early December do not materialize.
Moved by: David Tagoona Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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Resolution
99-085
Resolved that the 19th Meeting of the
NWMB be adjourned
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 27 August 1998
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