Nunavut Wildlife Management Board

Roster of Resolutions
Regular Meeting No.21
1998 - 99

(99-114  to  99-149)

Resolution 99-114

Resolved that the NWMB accept the agenda for Meeting No. 21 as presented, with the addition of a provision to swear-in a new Board member at the start of the proceedings.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 23 March 1999

Resolution 99-115

Resolved that the NWMB approve requests by agencies to carry forward Nunavut Wildlife Research Trust funds from 1998/99 to 1999/00 in respect to research projects that were previously approved for multi-year funding and that were originally characterized as ongoing through 1999/00, these approvals as follows:
   - Project 110-98-1: Traditional knowledge study of caribou on Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula, as per DSD request to carry forward $59,000 and shift the funding profile for each of the remaining years of the project back by one year. The new approved multi-year funding profile is thus: $59,000 for 1999/00; $62,000 for 2000/01; and $ 47,000 for 2001/02.
   - Project 120-97-1: Walrus population studies, as per DFO request to carry forward $9,100 and apply this towards the funding that was previously approved for 1999/00.
   - Project 120-98-1: Ringed seal study in western Hudson Bay, as per DFO request to carry forward $42,000, to be added to the funding previously approved for 1999/00.
   - Project 130-97-2: Productivity and survival study of king eiders at Karrak Lake, as per CWS request to carry forward $2,000, to be added to the funding previously approved for 1999/00.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 23 March 1999

Resolution 99-116

Resolved that the NWMB deny the request by DFO to carry forward funding in respect to NWRT Project 120-95-1 (Collection of arctic charr fishery data from Baffin communities); thereby reaffirming the end of funding for this project in 1998/99 as previously scheduled.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 23 March 1999

Resolution 99-117

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, requests by agencies for funding from the Nunavut Wildlife Research Trust Fund in respect to new research projects in the total amount of $449,400 for use and for delivery in 1999/2000 as follows:
   - Project 110-99-1: Study seasonal distribution and herd delimitation of NE Mainland caribou ($35,200 to DSD for 1999/00; two-year project);
   - Project 110-99-2: Study survival and sustainable harvest of Dolphin-Union caribou ($64,000 to DSD for 1999/00; three-year project);
   - Project 110-99-3: Re-evaluate management boundaries, population status and quotas for muskox in the Keewatin and eastern Kitikmeot regions ($41,400 to DSD for 1999/00; two-year project);
   - Project 110-99-4: Monitor Qamanirjuaq caribou using satellite telemetry ($16,200 to DSD for 1999/00);
   - Project 120-99-1: Study movements and dive behaviour of Baffin Bay narwhal using satellite-linked radio tags ($25,000 to DFO for 1999/00);
   - Project 120-99-2: Conduct summer surveys of SE Baffin beluga in Cumberland Sound ($65,000 to DFO for 1999/00);
   - Project 120-99-3: Study movements and dive behaviour of beluga whales in Cumberland Sound using satellite-linked radio tags ($22,800 to DFO for 1999/00);
   - Project 120-99-6: Obtain samples from harvested narwhal and beluga and analyze for stock identity ($59,000 to DFO for 1999/00; three-year project);
   - Project 120-99-7: Study habitat selection, behaviour and size distribution of bowhead whales in northern Foxe Basin ($27,800 to DFO for 1999/00);
   - Project 120-99-8: Study charr populations in the Cumberland Sound area and develop a management model ($15,000 to DFO for 1999/00; two-year project);
   - Project 120-99-9: Study walrus population dynamics, including use of satellite tags ($53,000 to DFO for 1999/00);
   - Project 130-99-1: Study seasonal movements and home range of adult male polar bears in western Hudson Bay using satellite ear tags ($25,000 to CWS for 1999/00; two-year project).
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: David Alagalak
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-118

Resolved that the NWMB approve in principle, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board in the amount of $120,000 for 1999/00 for a scientific survey of Greenland halibut in NAFO Divisions 0A and 0B, this being the first year of a planned three-year project. Approval is also contingent upon the provision of complementary funding (as budgeted) by DFO.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-119

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Sanikiluaq HTO in the amount of $27,000 for 1999/00 for continuing study of the winter ecology of common eiders in the Belcher Islands, this being the second year of NWMB funding for this the final year of the three-year project.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-120

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Tuktu and Nogak Advisory Board in the amount of $30,000 for 1999/00 for a one-year compilation of elders’ knowledge about the Bathurst caribou herd and its calving grounds.
Moved by: Meeka Mike    Seconded by: David Alagalak
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-121

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board in the amount of $14,000 for 1999/00 for completion (second year) of community consultations and related work pertinent to developing a management plan for the South Baffin caribou population. Approval is also contingent upon the provision of complementary funding and staff resources (as budgeted) by DSD.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-122

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Gjoa Haven HTO in the amount of $11,000 for 1999/00 for a one-year tagging study on arctic charr in Chantry Inlet. Approval is also contingent upon clarification of the objectives for the tagging aspect, provision of a research permit by DFO, and the active participation of a qualified technician or trained personnel in all fish tagging activity.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Abstained: Joan Scottie
Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-123

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the three RWOs in concert in the amount of $20,000 for 1999/00, this being the first year of a planned two-year Inuit knowledge study of polar bears in the NSA.
Moved by: Meeka Mike    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Opposed: Gordon Koshinsky
Abstained: David Alagalak, Kevin McCormick
Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-124

Resolved that the NWMB not approve NWMB study funding to Mr. Sam Emiktowt of Coral Harbour for a study of the traditional importance of ringed seals in Inuit culture and survival, and instead to direct the proponent to approach other funding sources having a stronger cultural orientation.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-125

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Arviat HTO in the amount of $10,240 for 1999/00 for completion (third year) of a project to monitor the abundance and impacts on habitat of snow and Ross’ geese in the Arviat area.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-126

Resolved that the NWMB not approve NWMB study funding to the Niutaq Cultural Institute to gather traditional knowledge pertaining to mammals and birds in twelve Baffin communities, and instead direct the proponent to approach other funding sources having a stronger cultural orientation.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Opposed: Meeka Mike, Pauloosie Keyootak
Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-127

Resolved that the NWMB approve the request from DFO to carry-forward into 1999/00 NWMB funding in the amount of $4,000 in order to complete a publication pertaining to beluga and narwhal behaviour determined by satellite telemetry, this publication to be in the form of a special issue of the journal Arctic.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-128

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Pelly Bay HTO in the amount of $15,000 for 1999/00 for a one-year ground-based survey of muskox and caribou in Muskox Management Area MX17.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: David Alagalak
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-129

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Beverly/ Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board in the amount of $28,000 for 1999/00, this being the first year of a planned three-year study of the seasonal movements of Beverly caribou. Approval is also contingent upon satisfactory clarification of the relationship between this project and the concurrent BQCMB initiative to produce a CD-ROM pertaining to caribou habitat.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-130

Resolved that the NWMB not approve NWMB study funding to the Clyde River HTO to conduct studies of bowhead whales in Isabella Bay, and instead offer to assist the HTO to prepare an actual proposal and encourage them to seek other funding sources.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-131

Resolved that the NWMB approve, with administrative conditions as set out in the minutes for the meeting, NWMB study funding to the Sanikiluaq HTO in the amount of $10,000 for 1999/00 to help address the costs of trenching the mouths of certain streams on the Belcher Islands as an aid to arctic charr migrations; and further, that the NWMB is prepared to assist the HTO in an effort to attract other funding sources for this project. Approval is also contingent upon the HTO incorporating a before-and-after monitoring element in the project design.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: David Alagalak
Carried Abstained: Pauloosie Keyootak
Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-132

Resolved that, in view of perceived shortcomings in the project design, the NWMB not approve NWMB study funding to the Clyde River HTO for an assessment of electric fencing as a deterrent to polar bears.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Opposed: Two Members
Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-133

Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Meeting No. 20 conducted at Yellowknife on 5-6 December 1998 be adopted as amended.
Moved by: Joan Scottie    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-134

Resolved that the minutes for NWMB Special Meeting No. 8 conducted in Yellowknife on 04 December 1998 be adopted as amended.
Moved by: Pauloosie Keyootak    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-135

Resolved that the minutes for Conference Call No. 42 conducted on 08 February 1999 be adopted with minor corrections.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok    Seconded by: Meeka Mike
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-136

Resolved that the NWMB Financial and Variance Reports as at 28 February 1999 be accepted as presented.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 March 1999

Resolution 99-137

Resolved that the NWMB adopt the position paper tabled by the Director of Wildlife Management pertaining to the spring hunting season for snow geese that is being proposed by the Canadian Wildlife Service in concert with other North American waterfowl management agencies.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 25 March 1999

Resolution 99-138

Resolved that the NWMB appoint David Alagalak and Gordon Koshinsky to the Harvest Study Committee.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Meeka Mike
Carried Date: 25 March 1999

Resolution 99-139

Resolved that the NWMB adopt the Rules of Practice for Public Hearings as drafted by the NWMB Legal Advisor with input from the Board, subject to two minor revisions.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: David Alagalak
Carried Date: 25 March 1999

Resolution 99-140

Resolved that the NWMB continue to actively support HTO efforts to meet the conditions required for entry into the new “non-quota” management system for narwhal; and more specifically, that the NWMB:
   - Encourage and work with the four communities that were identified as candidates for the initial round of entry into the system in 1999; and
   - Provide advice and additional funding to support one or more of those four communities, with any further funding conditional upon:
         - the identification of clear need, and
         - the submission of a detailed budget.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-141

Resolved that the NWMB approve the request from DFO to carry forward into 1999/00 the $20,000 approved in the NWMB Conservation Education budget in 1998/99 for publication of the book A Field Guide to Arctic Marine Fishes.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-142

Resolved that the NWMB approve a donation of $2,000 to the family of Akeeshoo Nowdluk to help defray the costs of a return trip by the family to visit their ancestral outpost camp as a source of inspiration and healing in this time of their recent bereavement. This contribution is to be conditional upon the family providing medical certification that any members currently under the care of a doctor are physically competent to make the trip.
Moved by: Meeka Mike    Seconded by: Pauloosie Keyootak
Carried Opposed: Two Members
Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-143

Resolved that the NWMB approve a donation of $3,000 to the Nunavut Sivuniksavut program to help defray the costs of a trip by students to New Zealand in April.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Meeka Mike
Carried Opposed: One Member
Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-144

Resolved that the NWMB meet in-camera.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: David Alagalak
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-145

Resolved that the in-camera session be closed.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-146

Resolved that the NWMB revise its By-law 15.2 with respect to signing authority for financial transactions, such that signing authority henceforth be designated to offices or positions rather than to individuals, and specifically that any two of the following be designated to sign: the Executive Director, the Director of Finance and Administration, the Chairperson, one other NWMB member.
Moved by: David Alagalak    Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-147

Resolved that the NWMB sign a new contract with Michael d’Eça for the continuing provision of legal advisory services to the Board and to the Research Trust, with this new contract to contain the following provisions:
   - A term of four-years, to cover the duration of the Implementation Contract;
   - A modest increase in the rate of remuneration for both work time and travel time, and in the guaranteed hours of work; and
   - Annual non-cumulative merit bonuses of up to 5%, set out without reference to the Board’s system of establishing merit bonuses for staff.
Moved by: Pauloosie Keyootak    Seconded by: Meeka Mike
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-148

Resolved that the next (22nd) regular Meeting of the NWMB be conducted in Iqaluktutiaq (Cambridge Bay) the week of 17 May 1999.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok    Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 26 March 1999

Resolution 99-149

Resolved that the 21st Meeting of the NWMB be adjourned.
Moved by: Pauloosie Keyootak    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 26 March 1999