Nunavut Wildlife Management Board

Roster of Resolutions
Regular Meeting No.23
1999 - 00

(2000-037  to  2000-060)

Resolution 2000-037

Resolved that the NWMB accept the agenda for Meeting No. 23 as presented, with minor modifications as identified.
Moved by: Joan Scottie   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-038

Resolved that the NWMB adopt the minutes for Meeting No. 21 conducted at Iqaluit on 23-26 March 1999, with minor revisions.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok    Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-039

Resolved that the NWMB adopt the minutes for Meeting No. 22 conducted at Ikaluktutiak on 17-20 May 1999, with minor revisions.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick   Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-040

Resolved that the NWMB adopt the minutes for Conference Call No. 43 conducted on 30 June 1999, as presented.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-041

Resolved that the NWMB accept the Audit Report with respect to the financial statements for 1998/99, as prepared by MacKay Landau.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-042

Resolved that the NWMB re-appoint MacKay Landau to serve as auditors for the 1999/00 fiscal year.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Moses Koonoo
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-043

Resolved that the NWMB approve experimental fishing quotas on a temporary basis for particular species in particular Nunavut waterbodies as set out in the document, Temporary Commercial Quotas for Freshwater and Marine Species and Waterbodies in the NSA identified as at August 1999, this to provide the basis for DFO to issue experimental fishing licences to individual fishers or to groups of fishers without the need to make individual representation to the NWMB. Administration of these temporary composite experimental quotas will be subject to the following conditions and constraints:
      -   These composite quotas will be for the period ending 31 March 2004;
      -   DFO will issue experimental fishing licences to individual fishers only within the limits of these composite quotas;
      -   DFO will issue experimental fishing licences to individual fishers only with the concurrence of the appropriate HTO(s);
      -   Each fisher allocated a portion of any composite experimental commercial fishing quota will need to meet requirements for sampling and reporting to be set out by DFO;
      -   New applications for experimental licences, on different waterbodies and/or for different species than those approved herewith, must be brought to the attention of the NWMB for review and decision;
      -   Any request for an increase in a temporary quota previously approved, or for the setting of a permanent quota, must be brought to the attention of the NWMB for review and decision;
      -   Neither an increase in a temporary quota nor the setting of a permanent quota for the species/waters approved herewith will be considered if the sampling and reporting requirements have not been met or if the species in that waterbody has not been harvested at or near the temporary quota over the previous five-year period; and
      -   Additional non-quota limitations may be established by the NWMB.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-044

Resolved that the NWMB approve access by members of the Northern Coalition to fish for shrimp, Pandalus montagui, in the waters of the NSA up to the total catch limit of 500 metric tonnes in 1999; and further that the NWMB deny the members of CAPP their request for the same access.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky   Seconded by: Moses Koonoo
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-045

Resolved that the NWMB meet in-camera.
Moved by: Makabe Nartok   Seconded by: Moses Koonoo
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-046

Resolved that the in-camera session be closed
Moved by: Makabe Nartok   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 24 August 1999

Resolution 2000-047

Resolved that, in respect to the “Advance Copy” (27 July 1999) letter from the Nunavut Implementation Panel (NIP) pertaining to proposed protocols for future funding re-allocations among IPGs, the NWMB indicate to the NIP, preferably in concert with all the other IPGs:
      -   support for the more formalized approach being proposed;
      -   new and ongoing concerns on the matter; and further that the NWMB undertake to develop, as soon as is reasonably possible:
      -   a work plan for the remainder of the current planning period, and
      -   an outline for a financial forecast and work plan for the next planning period.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-048

Resolved that NWMB cover, by way of a donation, the out-of-pocket personal expenditures incurred in connection with the Executive Director’s recent medical emergency; and further that the NWMB develop a policy pertaining to coverage (or not) of expenditures made for compassionate purposes by or for Board and staff members.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick   Seconded by: Moses Koonoo
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-049

Resolved that the NWMB extend its contract with its Fisheries Advisor, incorporating increases of $50 per day for consulting work and $25 per month for administrative allowance; and further that the NWMB attempt to negotiate this contract extension to the end of the current planning period.
Moved by: Moses Koonoo    Seconded by: Gordon Koshinsky
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-050

Resolved that the NWMB approve changes in polar bear quotas as recommended by DSD for the 1999/00 season as follows:
      -   For the community of Clyde River, for hunting the polar bear population known as Baffin Bay, to increase the quota from 8 to 21.
      -   For the community of Coral Harbour, for hunting the polar bear population known as Foxe Basin, to increase the quota from 34 to 39.
      -   For the community of Taloyoak, for hunting the polar bear population known as Gulf of Boothia, to decrease the quota from 15 to 6.
      -   For the community of Igloolik, for hunting the polar bear population known as Foxe Basin, to decrease the quota from 9 to 4.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky    Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Abstained: Makabe Nartok and Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-051

In response to the recommendation of the Beverly-Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board, resolved that the NWMB approve increases in commercial caribou quotas for the Qamanirjuaq caribou population as follows:
      -   The addition of 105 tags for Rankin Inlet, and
      -   The addition of 100 tags for Chesterfield Inlet
Moved by: Kevin McCormick   Seconded by: Moses Koonoo
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-052

Resolved that the NWMB not release the draft final report on the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study until final inputs from Inuit contributors have been received and incorporated.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick   Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-053

Resolved that the NWMB reiterate, in writing to the Minister of DSD, its earlier final decision in respect to Noah Kadlak’s request for approval to conduct a traditional polar bear hunt, this subject to:
      -   The conditions previously identified for the hunt; and
      -   Confirmation that Mr. Kadlak is still interested in pursuing this venture.
Moved by: Moses Koonoo   Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 25 August 1999

Resolution 2000-054

Resolved that the NWMB approve the removal of the narwhal quota for members of the Kurtairojuark (Pelly Bay) HTO on the basis of the narwhal hunting rules submitted by the HTO under the new narwhal management system, provided that the HTO:
      -   makes certain changes to the wording of these hunting rules as currently drafted;
      -   confirms that the HTO membership is in agreement with these rules (as revised); and
      -   undertakes to implement appropriate by-laws to ensure that these rules have full authority.
Moved by: Moses Koonoo   Seconded by: Joan Scottie
Carried Date: 26 August 1999

Resolution 2000-055

Resolved that the NWMB work with NTI, including in the matter of sharing costs, to develop a discussion paper on alternative approaches to dealing with compensation for polar bear defence kills.
Moved by: Kevin McCormick    Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 26 August 1999

Resolution 2000-056

Resolved that, in respect to the management agreements (MOUs) with the HTOs pertaining to polar bears, the NWMB convey to the Minister of DSD that DSD needs to:
      -   Meet its various commitments as spelled out in the MOUs; and
      -   Provide funding for the re-negotiation of these agreements
Moved by: Joan Scottie   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 26 August 1999

Resolution 2000-057

Resolved that the NWMB support the efforts of NTI to increase the participation of Inuit in wildlife research in the NSA.
Moved by: Moses Koonoo   Seconded by: Makabe Nartok
Carried Date: 26 August 1999

Resolution 2000-058

Resolved that NWMB staff and advisors work with NTI to prepare an options paper with the aim of developing standardized protocols for the negotiation of agreements on overlapping wildlife management issues between Nunavut and its neighbouring jurisdictions.
Moved by: Joan Scottie   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 26 August 1999

Resolution 2000-059

Resolved that the next (24th) regular Meeting of the NWMB be conducted in Cape Dorset the week of 22 November 1999.
Moved by: Moses Koonoo   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 26 August 1999

Resolution 2000-060

Resolved that the 23rd Meeting of the NWMB be adjourned.
Moved by: Gordon Koshinsky   Seconded by: Kevin McCormick
Carried Date: 26 August 1999