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Nunavut Land Claim (Article 5): Implications for Wildlife Management - Inuit right to harvest - No undue restrictions on harvest - Principles of Conservation - Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Science - Co-management system Hunters Government (DOE)
Polar Bear Research & Management in Nunavut 1. Population ecology a) Population Delineation b) Mark-recapture c) (Population Viability Analyses) d) Total Allowable Harvest e) Harvest management
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a) Delineation by movements
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Davis Strait
b) marking, capturing, recapturing
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2006 83 11
Yearling coy
All Bears
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40
15 23
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36 49
563
56 52
681
2 5
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2 2
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41 55
623
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841
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Environment (habitat)
Labrador Nunavut Quebec Davis Strait (Total) 2005 Adult Sub-adult Yearling coy All Bears 34 2 3 1 40 2006 83 11 15 23 132 2005 381 97 36 49 563 2006 437 136 56 52 681 2005 8 5 2 5 20 2006 16 8 2 2 28 2005 423 104 41 55 623 2006 536 155 73 77 841
IQ
c/d) TAH
quota Population size/ trend Past TAH
RegH
SpH
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NWT NU
Number of bears
500
400 300 200 quota Number of bears harvested
100
0 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009
Year Overview of the polar bear harvest and quotas between 1954-2011 for the Northwest Territories/Nunavut (data modified from Urquhart and Schweinsburg 1984, Lee and Taylor 1995).
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NWT NU
Number of bears
500
400 300 200 quota Number of bears harvested
100
0 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009
Year Overview of the polar bear harvest and quotas between 1954-2011 for the Northwest Territories/Nunavut (data modified from Urquhart and Schweinsburg 1984, Lee and Taylor 1995).
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13000
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Number of bears
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11000
PBQuota Total Harvest NU total polar bear abundance
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10500
Harvest Season
Overview of the Nunavut polar bear quota, harvest, and estimated 17 total polar bear abundance between 2000 2011.
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13000
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12500
Number of bears
400
y = 0.3048x4 - 7.7615x3 + 63.133x2 - 168.19x + 518.91 R = 0.8322
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PBQuota Total Harvest NU total polar bear abundance
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Harvest Season
Overview of the Nunavut polar bear quota, harvest, and estimated 18 total polar bear abundance between 2000 2011.
e) Harvest Management
COMMUNITY Lower Jaw* Ear Tag(s) Lip Tattoo(s) Baculum Hair Girth Liver Kidney Testes/ Ovaries Fat (fist-sized)
Pond Inlet Cape Dorset Clyde River Arctic Bay Iqaluit Igloolik Hall Beach Kimmirut Pangnirtung Qikiqtarjuaq Resolute Bay Sanikiluaq Grise Fiord Kugluktuk
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Russia
Other
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0 2008 2009 2010 2011
Harvest Seasons
20 Sport hunter country of origin for harvest seasons 2008-2011
120 100 80 60
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2002
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Harvest Seasons
55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Harvest Seasons
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dentine
cementum
5 4 2 3
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Baculum mass
Baculum diameter
Baculum length
250
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150 100
50 25
20 15 10 5 0 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
10 15 20 25 30
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Hunter guide
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Research Initiatives
new On-going Wildlife health/contaminants Feeding ecology Population estimates Movement/demographic units Stress Body condition Growth/development Population structure Ice conditions/habitat use Traditional knowledge Environmental Impact Assessments
> $1,000,000/year
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Satellite collars
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Conclusion
- General public is poorly informed
- Misinformed?
- Doomsday prophets overshadow real efforts
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Conclusion - continued
- Intense research and monitoring program
- Effective conservation and management system -> more polar bears now than historically
- Begs the question: how many bears are enough? - Best harvest monitoring system -> example to other jurisdictions - We further developed non-invasive techniques - We will continue to manage our bears responsibly -> Nunavummiut, Canadians, world-citizens
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Acknowledgements
HTOs NWMB PCSP Environment Canada Parks Canada All other jurisdiction that share polar bears - Hunters - FIC
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The End
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Thank you
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Any Questions?
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Community
Tags
Family Groups
Accidental kill
Illegal kill
1) Check credits with polar bear lab 2) Have communities agree in writing
a)
b)
Obtain credit(s) from other community that also harvests same population