Nunavut hunters cry foul over new polar bear management scheme

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Jane George·CBC News·Posted: Jun 16, 2022 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago

A polar bear walks with her two cubs over the ice near the Boothia Peninsula, where hunters say the polar bear population is thriving.(Jane George/CBC)

A new polar bear management system received an icy reception in Iqaluit Wednesday at a Nunavut Wildlife Management Board discussion on the polar bear harvest in the Gulf of Boothia region.

A recently approved credit-based system, the Harvest Administration and Credit System (HACCS,) offers no improvement over the existing quotas in place since 2005, said Ema Qaggutaq, the Kitikmeot Regional Wildlife Board’s liaison officer, who presented on the group’s behalfat the management board meeting.

“The current polar bear management plan and HACCS continues…

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