Peary caribou and barren-ground caribou COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12

Existing Protection or Other Status

The conservation status designations of 1991 of Peary caribou and Dolphin and Union caribou are shown in Table 1. They are protected by the terms of the land claim agreements that recognize and specify Aboriginal rights to harvest wildlife, subject to conservation and public safety, and that provide for the establishment of wildlife co-management boards. The boards and their co-management partners, such as regional wildlife organizations (RWOs) and hunters’ and trappers’ organizations (HTOs – also known as HTAs – hunters’ and trappers’ associations), have the authority to restrict or prohibit hunting by their members. Experience has shown that both northern boards, with the cooperation of their co-management partners, are willing and able to make such restrictions on the advice of scientists and of their own information, and that hunters obey the restrictions. The agreements provide for government intervention in certain circumstances after due process.

There are no lands where hunting is prohibited by statute.

Industrial operations are normally required to avoid harassment or other disturbance to caribou under the terms of their territorial and/or federal operating permits or licences of occupation.

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