Common use of INUIT BOWHEAD KNOWLEDGE STUDY Clause in Contracts

INUIT BOWHEAD KNOWLEDGE STUDY. 5.5.1 Commercial harvesting of bowhead whales earlier this century by non-Inuit greatly reduced the stocks of bowhead whales found in the Nunavut Settlement Area. Government acknowledges that Inuit view that, following the cessation of commercial harvesting, stocks of bowhead whales in the Nunavut Settlement Area have increased in recent decades as a result, in part, of Inuit voluntarily curtailing their harvesting practices to allow the recovery of the bowhead whale population. 5.5.2 The NWMB shall conduct an Inuit knowledge study to record sightings, location and concentrations of bowhead whales in the Nunavut Settlement Area. The study shall be completed within five years of the date of ratification of the Agreement. The amount of $500,000 shall be included in the NWMB budget for this study.