Item G-2021-013: 0051B - Resident Hunters Mtg Tape 3 Dec 8/01 [Side 6]

• Sound recording

1 audio cassette (47 min.)

This item consists of part six of a six-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held December 8, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the resident hunters in Yellowknife on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0049A, 0049B, 0050A, 0050B, and 0051A. The meeting is facilitated by Andy Swidersky (Terriplanning Consultants) and participants include Chad M (Inuvik), Vince Jones (Fort Good Hope), Harold Keegan (Fort Simpson), Harold Prine (Fort Simpson), George Van Tighem (Yellowknife), Lawrence Holler (Yellowknife), Wayne Martin (Fort Smith), Keith Abel (Norman Wells), Martin Kinewski (Yellowknife), Doug Nelson (Yellowknife), Ron Graf (Wildlife and Fisheries), Doug Stewart (Director, Wildlife and Fisheries), Linda Young (Wildlife and Fisheries), Bonnie Scortag (Wildlife and Fisheries), Sonya Saunders (Legislature and ___), Gord Cameron (Yellowknife), Wade Haley (Hay River), and Ross Stanley. The meeting continues with participant comments and discussion regarding wastage, feeding game meat to dogs, enforcement (minimum and maximum penalties, classes of infractions, report a poacher line, presence of officers as deterrent), socio-economic issues (local and NWT economic impact, tourism impact, resident and non-resident outfitters), and allocating guide licences. After a brief break, the group starts discussing the proposed Species at Risk legislation, including time before reassessment and who makes the final decision on listing.