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Qikiqtarjuaq Community Fisheries Development in a Changing Environment 1 Agenda Time is right for fisheries Northern challenges Qikiqtarjuaq Pilot Project Looking forward Northern Challenges Food Insecurity High Costs


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Qikiqtarjuaq Community Fisheries Development in a Changing Environment

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  • Time is right for

fisheries

  • Northern challenges
  • Qikiqtarjuaq Pilot

Project

  • Looking forward

Agenda

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  • Food Insecurity
  • High Costs
  • Health Problems
  • Remote Locations
  • Increased Access
  • Increased

Development

Northern Challenges

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Government Support

  • Joint Arctic Leaders’ Statement
  • Shared Arctic Leadership
  • DFO Support
  • INAC split – Indigenous Services and

Indigenous-Crown Relations

  • Nunavut Government

– Nunavut Fishery Strategy 2016-2020 – Nunavut Food Security Strategy and Action Plan

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International Support

Joint Arctic Leaders Statement – December 20th, 2016

  • Science Based Fisheries Management

– Conserving Arctic biodiversity – Prevent UUI fishing – Incorporating Indigenous science and traditional knowledge (IQ) into decision- making – Building a sustainable Arctic economies – Benefit Arctic communities

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Federal Support

Mary Simon – March 2017

  • 1. Partnership with Inuit
  • 2. Cross government action

a) Inter-departmental, inter-agency

  • 3. Close infrastructure gap
  • 4. Education and training are the

foundation Federal Reviews (FA, NPA, NEB, CEAA)

  • Co-management with Aboriginal

peoples for protection and harvesting

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Departmental Support

  • DFO is committed to supporting the

development of exploratory and commercial fisheries

  • DFO needs data on fish populations to make

decisions

  • The more organized a community is the more

support that DFO can offer

– Scientific Fisheries – Exploratory Fisheries – Quota for inshore fisheries

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  • Northeast Baffin

Island

  • Baffin Bay/Davis

Straight

  • Broughton Island
  • 520 people
  • Tourism, fishing,

whaling, clothing industries

Qikiqtarjuaq

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  • Increasing

population

  • Outmigration
  • Lack of economic
  • pportunity
  • Isolated
  • High food costs
  • Infrastructure

needs

Qikiqtarjuaq

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Community Fisheries

Opportunities

  • Local desire for development
  • Underdeveloped fisheries
  • Char, halibut, shrimp, whelk,

scallop, arctic cod

  • Underutilized quota

Challenges

  • Poor fisheries data capture
  • Regulatory hurdles for fisheries

development

  • Capacity problems
  • Equipment, freezer, cut-room,

technologies, coordination

  • Lack of markets
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Potential of Community Fisheries

  • Sustainable

fisheries development

  • Improved data

collection

  • Opportunity for

employment

  • Improved food

security

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New Community Fisheries – What Will Make it Possible to Get Going

  • Good information about local fish

from elders/fishers (data on how many fish/where they are)

  • Help from DFO on rules and

regulations for fisheries development

  • Advice on acquiring the basic

equipment for a larger scale fishing operation : freezer, cut- room, a computer

  • Guidance from HTAs and DFO on

co-ordination and co-management

  • Scientifically valid methods and

support for community based fishery monitoring and research

  • Putting a plan in place- local

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Potential of Collaboration

  • Promising partnerships are

beginning to form between community, government and

  • ther organizations
  • Opportunity for sharing of

knowledge

  • Elder to youth
  • Community to government
  • Government to community
  • Community to community
  • Leadership and connection

with other northern communities

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Milestones

  • HTA fisheries committee
  • Partnership with DFO

– Joint letter between DFO and HTA – Statement of shared goals – Funding for Fisheries Liaison

  • Joint letter between SVS and

HTA – plans to collaborate

  • Letter to UNFAO – seeking

support

  • Nunavut Health Class 1 budget.
  • Territorial inspection (Aug 30)

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  • Complete the inspection requirements
  • Get a CFIA approved Freezer
  • Complete CFIA inspection
  • Build internal capacity for fisheries

Cooperative

  • Learn from successful Aboriginal

fisheries (e.g. Cape Breton)

  • Funding - CanNor, DFO, WWF, FAO
  • Find more markets
  • Develop value added products
  • Fisheries Master Plan

Next Steps

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