As part of their July 2022 research camp, the Nunavik Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Organization was allowed to harvest up to three belugas for research and food. (Photo courtesy of the Nunavik Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Organization)
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Department of Fisheries and Oceans closed Mucalic Estuary harvest in 1986
A wildlife management organization in Nunavik wants to overturn a decades-old beluga harvesting ban in part of Ungava Bay, and to do that, it’s using a mix of modern and traditional research methods.
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