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Shell Report Template Traditional and Local Knowledge Workshop for the Paulatuk Area of Interest FINAL Prepared for: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0 Prepared by: KAVIK-AXYS Inc. Inuvik, Northwest Territories and Calgary, Alberta September 2012 123510605 FINAL Traditional and Local Knowledge Workshop for the Paulatuk Area of Interest Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1-1 2 Methods ...................................................................................................................... 2-1 3 Results ....................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Ice ............................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Biota ............................................................................................................................ 3-3 3.2.1 Marine Vegetation ............................................................................................ 3-3 3.2.2 Marine Invertebrates ........................................................................................ 3-3 3.2.3 Fish .................................................................................................................. 3-5 3.2.4 Seals ................................................................................................................ 3-9 3.2.5 Beluga Whales ............................................................................................... 3-12 3.2.6 Bowhead Whales ........................................................................................... 3-13 3.2.7 Polar Bears .................................................................................................... 3-13 3.2.8 Seabirds and other bird species ..................................................................... 3-14 3.2.9 Terrestrial Animals ......................................................................................... 3-19 3.3 Key Areas within the AOI ........................................................................................... 3-19 3.3.1 Argo Bay ........................................................................................................ 3-19 3.3.2 Argo Bay to Bennett Point .............................................................................. 3-20 3.3.3 Aleekuk Bay ................................................................................................... 3-20 3.3.4 Letty Harbour ................................................................................................. 3-20 3.3.5 Johnny Green Bay, Kamakark and Brown’s Harbour ..................................... 3-21 3.3.6 Cape Parry including Wise Bay and Summers Harbour ................................. 3-21 3.4 AOI Boundaries ......................................................................................................... 3-22 4 Summary .................................................................................................................... 4-1 5 References ................................................................................................................. 5-1 5.1 Literature Cited ............................................................................................................ 5-1 Appendix A Workshop Participants ....................................................................... A-1 Appendix B Workshop Questionaire ..................................................................... B-1 List of Tables Table 4-1 Species Presence and Human Use for Key Areas within the AOI .................... 4-3 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Paulatuk AOI and Place Names ....................................................................... 1-2 Figure 3-1 Ice Features ..................................................................................................... 3-2 Figure 3-2 Areas with Marine Vegetation........................................................................... 3-4 Figure 3-3 Marine Invertebrates Locations ........................................................................ 3-7 Figure 3-4 Locations of Key Fish Species and Fish Harvesting Areas ............................... 3-8 Figure 3-5 Seal Areas of Importance ............................................................................... 3-11 Figure 3-6 Beluga Whale Migration Routes and Harvest Areas ....................................... 3-15 Figure 3-7 Bowhead Whales Migration Routes and Feeding Areas ................................. 3-16 Figure 3-8 Polar Bear Harvest and Denning Areas .......................................................... 3-17 Figure 3-9 Seabird Nesting and Egg Collection Sites ...................................................... 3-18 Page iii September 2012 Traditional and Local Knowledge Workshop for the Paulatuk Area of Interest FINAL Table of Contents List of Photos Photo 3-1 Crab ................................................................................................................. 3-5 Photo 3-2 Shrimp .............................................................................................................. 3-5 Photo 3-3 Four horned sculpin (bullheads) ........................................................................ 3-9 Photo 3-4 A youth with a bearded seal ............................................................................ 3-10 September 2012 Page iv FINAL Traditional and Local Knowledge Workshop for the Paulatuk Area of Interest Abbreviations Abbreviations AOI .......................................................................................................................................... Area of Interest DFO .................................................................................................... Department of Fisheries and Oceans HTC ........................................................................................................... Hunters and Trappers Committee ISR ...................................................................................................................... Inuvialuit Settlement Region MPA ............................................................................................................................ Marine Protected Area TK/LK .............................................................................................. Traditional Knowledge/Local Knowledge Page v September 2012 FINAL Traditional and Local Knowledge Workshop for the Paulatuk Area of Interest Section 1: Introduction 1 Introduction In 2009 an Area of Interest (AOI) for a potential Marine Protected Area (MPA) was selected by a Site Selection Advisory Committee in collaboration with members from the communities of Paulatuk, Ulukhahtok and Sachs Harbour (KAVIK-AXYS 2010). The AOI selected included the coastal waters of Darnley Bay. Paulatuk is the only coastal community in Darnley Bay, and is located on its southern coastline. Darnley Bay is a large productive bay which opens into Amundsen Gulf to the north, thereby linking it to the Beaufort Sea to the west and Northwest Passage to the east. The purpose of this study was to gather Traditional and Local Knowledge (TK/LK) on the organisms and plant life in the vicinity of the Parry Peninsula with the focus based from Cape Parry along the eastern coastline down to the Paulatuk Peninsula. Figure 1-1 depicts the proposed boundary from which the workshop participants drew from. The information gathered from the workshop will assist with future boundary discussions and supplement existing knowledge of the area. Page 1-1 September 2012 ± Amundsen Gulf Police Point Cape Parry Q Moore Summers Hr Camp Islands Wise Bay Brown's Harbour Johnny Green Bay Kamakark Island Sellwood Bay Camp Q Letty Pearce Point Harbour David's Harbour Ugyuk Point Alekuk Clapperton Island Franklin QBay Camp Bay Bennett Point Parry Fish Lake Peninsula Darnley Tipititiukak ! Bay Brock River Tasseriuk Lake Argo Egg Bay Island Paulatuk Peninsula ! Paulatuk Hornaday River Tuktut Nogait 2 Area of Interest Boundary (1,874 km ) National Park Sauovaq Area 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1:800,000 123510605-016 Kilometres - PREPARED BY Area of PREPARED FOR Interest NU YT Paulatuk Bay AOI and Place Names DFO NWT FIGURE NO. Data Provided By: Base Data provided by Government of Canada 1-1 Last Modified: September13, 2012By: jpetho FINAL Traditional and Local Knowledge Workshop for the Paulatuk Area of Interest Section 2: Methods 2 Methods A one and half day workshop was conducted in Paulatuk on March 17 and 18, 2011 to collect Traditional and Local Knowledge on the Paulatuk Area of Interest (AOI) for a proposed Marine Protected Area (MPA). Twelve Inuvialuit residents of Paulatuk were selected by the Hunter’s and Trapper’s Committee (HTC) based on their knowledge of the area. Participants ranged from young adults to elders thus representing current and past users of the area. A questionnaire was developed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) with the assistance of KAVIK- AXYS. The questionnaire was used to guide the discussion in the workshop (Appendix B). Three scales of maps (1:50,000, 1:125,000, and 1:250,000) were used to facilitate discussion and record participant information on. Other resources that were available to the workshop participants included: the Paulatuk Community Conservation Plan (Paulatuk et al. 2008); Inuvialuit Harvest
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