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Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board

Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board. PCMB Annual Harvest Meeting, Inuvik February 8, 2011 Presented by Amy Thompson, GRRB Executive Director James Firth, GRRB Special Advisor. GRRB Mandate. Independent Co-management Board

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Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board

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  1. Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board PCMB Annual Harvest Meeting, Inuvik February 8, 2011 Presented by Amy Thompson, GRRB Executive Director James Firth, GRRB Special Advisor

  2. GRRB Mandate • Independent Co-management Board • Established under GCLCA to be the main instrument of wildlife, fish and forest management in the GSA • Mission • To conserve and manage renewable resources within the GSA in a sustainable manner to meet the needs of the public today and in the future • Powers and Responsibilities • Detailed in Chapter 12 and 13 of the GCLCA

  3. GRRB powers • Develop a GSA harvest study • Establish Gwich’in Minimum Needs Levels • Establish, modify or remove Total Allowable Harvest, if required for conservation • Government and the Board work in close collaboration • May participate in harvesting studies

  4. RRC powers • To allocate any Gwich’in Needs Level for that community among local participants • To manage local exercise of Gwich’in harvesting rights • Shall participate in the collection of local harvesting data

  5. Working Together • Work with other land claim groups on migratory and transboundaryspecies (i.e. caribou, char) • Harvesting studies in the GSA shall directly involve the RRCs and Gwich’in harvesters • The Board shall consult regularly with the RRCs

  6. Gwich’in Harvest Study • GRRB harvest studies • Initial GSA Harvest Study: Aug 1995- July 2004 • Current harvest data collection initiated in 2009 • Purpose: to ensure sustainability of wildlife based on relevant factors

  7. Gwich’in Harvest Study • How do we do this? • Contracted with RRCs to conduct harvester interviews • Established current harvester list in consultation with RRCs • RRCs hire interviewers, GRRB provides training • Interviewer conducts in-person harvester interviewers • notes changes in harvester status (eg. no longer active) • Data returned to GRRB for input and then to RRCs for verification (still needs to be complete)

  8. Next steps • RRCs need to review and verify data • Harvester response rates to be calculated* • Total estimated harvest to be calculated • Continue to work with RRCs to improve this process

  9. Haii Cho! Contact Information: Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board Po Box 2240 Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0 (867) 777-6600 (main line) (867) 777-6601(fax) www.grrb.nt.ca

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