Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the main goals here is to get good blue chip information, both on the herd numbers as well as the number of animals being taken. We can track the sports hunters and the resident hunters. The one gap on the number of animals taken is the aboriginal harvest piece, and we're working with all the management boards to look at how we set up monitoring stations and such to be able to get a better handle on the number. That's one thing. The bulls-only, at this point, applies to resident hunters. As the Member will note in the information I gave out to the Members on interim measures, there have been decisions made by some of the boards that are putting very strict limits themselves on the harvest, limiting the commercial harvest and the amount of quota in general that they're allowing on, for example, the Cape Bathurst herd, as well as the Bluenose West. So we're going to work collaboratively with the boards to get the best information possible, then we're going to come back next fall and look at what all this information tells us and then plan for some next steps. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 435-15(4): Precautionary Measures For Managing The NWT Caribou Population
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.
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February 20th, 2006
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