Summary
Introduction
Introduction: Public Hearing Concerning the Qikiqtalluk Wildlife Board's Proposal to Increase the Total Allowable Harvest for the Foxe Basin Polar Bear Subpopulation.
ᖃᐅᔨᒃᑲᐃᒍᑏᑦ: ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ ᐱᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ ᑐᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᕈᕆᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᑦᑐᖅᒥ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ.
THE PURPOSEof this NWMB public hearing is to publicly consider proposed modifications to the current level of Total Allowable Harvest for the Foxe Basin polar bear subpopulation in the Nunavut Settlement Area.
The Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board has filed – in Inuktitut and English – a Proposal for NWMB Decision with the NWMB, seeking a decision as to whether or not increase the current level of Total Allowable Harvest for the Foxe Basin Polar Bear subpopulation. The Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board Proposal, along with other documents comprising the best available information to date, are available for review or download from the NWMB’s website (http://www.nwmb.com).
ᐊᑑᑎᒋᔭᖓ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᖏᑕ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒍᔭᑦ ᐋᕿᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᒫᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᑦᑐᖅᒥ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦᒥ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᑖᖑᓯᒪᔫᑉ ᓇᓛᓂ.
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᓕᕐᒪᑕ − ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ − ᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑐᑦᓯᕋᐅᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ, ᐱᒐᓱᐊᕐᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᒻᒥᒃ ᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᐊᖏᒻᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᕈᕆᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᑦᑐᖅᒥ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ ᑐᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᖓᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᕐᑐᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᓂᕐᐹᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ, ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᑦ ᕿᒥᒡᕈᔭᐅᒍᓐᓇᕐᑐᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᒍᓐᓇᕐᑐᑎᒃ ᐅᕙᙵᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓚᒃᑲᐅᒪᒡᕕᖓᑦ (http://www.nwmb.com).
Rules
Hearing Rules:
1. The hearing shall be open to the public, with notice provided to the public at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the hearing. Part of the hearing may be conducted in camera, where the NWMB considers that confidential or sensitive matters may be disclosed or discussed.
2. Any interested person or body may file with the NWMB written submissions and supporting documentation in response to the Qikitaaluk Wildlife Board’s proposal, or otherwise regarding concerns with the proposed modifications to the current Total Allowable Harvest for the Foxe Basin Polar Bear Subpopulation- duly translated into Inuktitut or English, as the case may be - by no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 2nd, 2013.
3. The requirement for translation of submissions and supporting documentation filed with the NWMB does not apply to individual members of the public .
4. For all others who file supporting documentation with the NWMB, the requirement for translation does not apply to documents over 10 pages in length, provided that each supporting document that is not translated is accompanied by a concise, translated summary.
5. Unless persuasive written and translated reasons are provided to the NWMB for late filing, the NWMB will not consider materials for this hearing that are not filed on time.
6. The NWMB shall ensure that all materials filed with it or produced by it are made publicly available, subject to relevant confidentiality or privacy concerns.
7. The NWMB shall provide simultaneous English and lnuktitut translation at the hearing, to the extent reasonably possible.
8. A quorum of NWMB members shall be present at the hearing.
9. Any representative or agent of the Government of Nunavut, any Hunters and Trappers Organization or Regional Wildlife Organization, and any lnuk, shall be accorded the status of party at the hearing.
10. Any other person or body wishing to be named as a party by the NWMB shall make an appropriate request in writing to the NWMB.
11. All parties and other participants at the hearing are required to treat one another and the NWMB with respect.
12. The NWMB shall provide a reasonable opportunity for oral presentations from each of the parties at the hearing by their choice of official, expert or counsel.
13. Any member of the NWMB, the NWMB's Director of Wildlife Management or the NWMB's legal counsel may ask relevant questions of any party at the hearing.
14. Any party may ask relevant questions of any other party at the hearing.
15. The NWMB shall provide members of the public in attendance at the hearing a reasonable opportunity to make statements and to ask questions of the parties and the NWMB.
16. Every person at the hearing wishing to speak or ask a question shall raise his or her hand, and shall only speak once the NWMB Chairperson has recognized him or her.
17. The NWMB Chairperson reserves the right to place reasonable time limits on presentations, statements and questions.
18. The NWMB shall make an audio recording of the hearing available upon request.
ᒪᓕᒐᑦ:
1. ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ, ᑐᓴᕐᑎᑦᓯᒍᑏᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ 30 ᐅᓪᓗᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᕐᖓᒍᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᐅᑉ. ᐃᓚᖓ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᐅᑉ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᒍᓐᓇᕐᑐᖅ ᑲᙳᓇᕐᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒍᑎᒃ ᑲᙳᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᕐᑕᐅᑲᐅᑎᒋᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᐸᑕ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒪᐅᓯᐅᓗᑎᒃ.
2. ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒍᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᙵᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᒍᓐᓇᕐᐳᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑐᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖃᓂᒃ ᑭᐅᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᐊ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ ᑐᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᓪᓗᒋ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᑦ ᐋᕿᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᑦᑐᖅᒥ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ - ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ, ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ - ᑎᑭᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ 5:00 ᐅᓪᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᒡᒍᔅᑎ 2, 2013.
3. ᐱᑕᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑐᕈᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᕐᓱᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ.
4. ᐊᓯᓕᒫᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑐᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ, ᐱᑕᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᕐᓴᓂᒃ 10 ᒪᑉᐱᕐᑐᒐᓕᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑐᕈᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᐸᑕ ᓱᓕᔪᓂᒃ, ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᐃᓈᕈᑎᓂᒃ.
5. ᐃᓛᒃ ᓱᓕᔪᕆᔭᐅᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᖃᙱᑉᐸᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔾᔮᖏᑕᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᙱᑉᐸᑕ ᑭᖑᕙᕋᑎᒃ.
6. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐃᑉᐱᒍᓱᓐᓂᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᖃᖅ ᑐᓂᔭᑦ ᑕᒡᕗᖓ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓚᒃᑲᕐᑕᖏᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᒪᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑐᑦ ᑲᙳᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᐅᖓᑐᐃᓐᓈᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑏᑦ.
7. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᒃᑲᐃᓂᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓴᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᑐᓵᔨᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ, ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓗᒍ ᑐᑭᓕᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖏᓐᓂᖓ.
8. ᓈᒻᒪᑦᓯᓯᒪᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᑦ ᐅᐸᑦᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ.
9. ᓇᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑭᒡᒐᖓᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᖓᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᓐᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦᒥ, ᓇᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᑏᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ, ᐱᕕᑦᓴᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ.
10. ᐊᓯᓕᒫᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᐋᖀᒋᐊᖃᕐᐳᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ.
11. ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᒋᐊᖃᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ.
12. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᒃᑯᐃᓂᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᕕᑦᓴᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᑕᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒥᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒥᒃ.
13. ᓇᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓂ, ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᖓᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᐳᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᒥᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ.
14. ᓇᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᐳᖅ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᒥᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ.
15. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᒃᑲᐃᓂᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᐸᑦᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᕕᑦᓴᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ.
16. ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐅᐸᑦᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᖁᒻᒧᐊᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᖃᕐᐳᑦ ᑕᓕᕐᒥᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᑕᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐃᑦᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᑕ ᐊᑎᖓ ᑕᐃᑉᐸᐅᒃ.
17. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᐃᑦᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᕐᓱᕐᐳᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᒍᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᓗᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᕕᑦᓴᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑕ, ᐅᖃᓕᒪᓂᖏᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕐᓂᖏᑕ.
18. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᓛᕐᑐᑦ ᑐᑦᓯᕋᕐᑐᖃᕐᐸᑕ.