ᑲᔪᓯᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᐳᖅ ᐆᒪᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᒃᑯᑦ.

ᑲᔪᓯᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ

ᐊᑕᖏᕐᓗᒋᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓄᕐᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ. ᐊᓪᓛᑦ, ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐅᓄᓗᐊᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓄᓗᐊᓕᕐᓂᖏᑦ. ᐊᖏᔪᑎᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᕐᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖃᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᓕᐅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᒃ. ᐊᑲᐅᓈᕐᐳᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᓯᐊᕆᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᓇᑦᓯᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓯᒋᐊᕋᔭᕐᒪᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᓈᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ.

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ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓘᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ

ᒫᓐᓇᕋᑖᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᑕ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ:

ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ: 7.4 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ Harp seal population, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/harpseal-phoquegroenland-eng.html
ᐳᕕᓲᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ: 505,000 Stock Assessment of Canadian Grey Seals. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/SAR-AS/2014/2014_010-eng.html
ᓇᑦᓯᕙᒃ: 593,000
ᐅᔾᔪᐃᑦ: 1.5 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ Ringed seals estimated size of the population is 2.3 million in Canada and adjacent waters (West Greenland, Alaska and Russia) Note, there is low confidence in this estimate. (Finley et al. 1983; Smith 1975; Frost et al. 2004; Bengtson et al. 2005)
ᖃᓯᒋᐊᑦ: 100,000 ᐳᕐᑎᔅ ᑯᓚᒻᒥᐊᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ 25,000 ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᖓᓐᓇᖓᓂ

ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2020,ᒥ

ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ: 400,000 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) numbers are set by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and announced every March, prior to the opening of the season. Harp seal Total Allowable Capture: Current Status of Northwest Atlantic Harp Seals. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.10, 2012. https://polarbearscience.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/2019-harp-seal-status_dfo-2020_march-020-eng.pdf
ᐳᕕᓲᑦ: 60,000 Grey seal quota: “Portrait-diagnostic sectoriel de l’industrie québécoise du phoque », p. 3. http://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/phoque

ᓱᓕᔪᑦ

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᕋᑖᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᖏᕐᑐᓂ, ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑎᒻᒪᕆᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᕐᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑦ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᓗᐊᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᖃᓚᐅᖏᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ.

10 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ

ᒥᒃᓴᐅᓴᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ, ᓯᐊᕐᓇᓪᓗ ᓇᑦᓯᑦ, ᐅᔾᔪᐃᓪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓂ

460,000

ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ 2020,ᒥ.

< 10%

ᐳᕐᑎᓐᔅᓯᖏᑦ 460,000 ᓇᑦᓯᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ 2019,ᒥ. 2019,ᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖃᑐᑦ 32,199,ᓂᒃ ᖃᐃᕈᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ 1,232,ᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᓪᓗ ᓂᒋᖓᓂ ᓇᑦᓯᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓯᓂᒃ ᐅᒪᔪᕐᑐᖃᕐᓱᓂ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᕈᑎᓕᐊᖏᑦ.

In 2019 a total of 32,199 harps seals and 1,232 Grey seals were harvested. Fisheries and Oceans Canada Report.

ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᓕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ

ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ ᒥᑦᓴᐅᓴᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᑐᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 7.4 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ.
ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᐊᓗᐊᓂ ᓯᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᓵᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓴᓂᐊᓂᑦᑐᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᑦ ᓂᕆᕙᓐᓂᖏᑦ 1.5-2,ᓂᒃ ᑕᓐᔅᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᑕᒫᑦ. The Sustainable Management of Grey Seal Populations: A Path Toward the Recovery if Cod and Other Groundfish Stocks, Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, Oct. 2012 http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/SEN/Committee/411/pofo/rep/rep07oct12-e.pdf
ᒥᓕᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᓐᔅᓂᒃ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑐᕐᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᖓᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ

ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᒃᑲᓐᓂᓛᕐᑐᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᖃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᐅᒪᔪᕐᐸᒻᒪᑕ 325,000,ᓂᒃ. ᑕᕐᓴᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ 95%,ᐳᕐᓯᓐ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᕐᑕᐅᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐅᓄᕐᓯᒋᐊᑲᓐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕆᐊᖅ

ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᓂᕆᓲᒍᕗᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 18,ᕕᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᕆᓂᕐᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕐᕕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᖓᓂᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᓗᕐᓂᒃ. Atlantic Coast Commercial Landings of fish and seafood. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/stats/commercial/land-debarq/sea-maritimes/s2018aq-eng.htmThe total Atlantic Coast Commercial Landings in 2018 was less than 610,000 tons. It is estimated that seals eat over 1.5 tons of fish per year. 7.4 harp seals x 1.5 tons = 11 Million tons / 610,000 tons = 18 times.

2019,ᒥ ᓇᑦᓯᓯᐅᕐᐸᓂᖅ ᐊᓐᓇᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᑭᓇᐅᔭᕐᑐᕐᓗᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ $250 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᓕᒫᓂ ᓂᕆᔭᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓯᓄᑦ. Approximately 32,000 harp seals were harvest in 2019. It is estimated that seals eat over 1.5 tons of fish per year. The value per tons of fish was at $5,200 in 2018. Source: 32,000 seals x 1.5 tons x $5,200 = $CAD 250 MILLION.

ᐆᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᓕᒫᑦ ᐅᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᓐᓂᒃᐸᑕ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, CAD$3.12 ᐱᓕᐊᓪᓗᐊᑦ. The annual quota is 400,0000 for harp seals. It is estimated that seals eat over 1.5 tons of fish per year. The value per tons of fish was at $5,200 in 2018. Source 400,000 seals x 1.5 tons x $5,200 = $CAD 3.12 BILLION.

ᒪᓕᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᓯᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑎᑦᓯᕐᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᓂᕆᒍᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖃᑐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒋ 2 ᑕᓐᔅ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ. ᐆᒐᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ 50%,ᓄᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒥᒃᓴᐅᓴᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ 500,000 ᑕᓐᔅᓄᑦ ᐆᒐᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒪᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᒌᔭᐅᖏᓐᓂᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᐆᒐᕐᓂᐊᕐᐸᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓚᐅᒃᓵᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ, 11,000 ᑕᓐᔅᓄᑦ.

“ᖃᐃᕈᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᓯᕐᐸᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᑕᐅᖃᓯᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ 40,ᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ “ᓂᕿᑦᓯᐊᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᑦ” ᐆᒪᔪᖃᑎᒋᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖏᒍᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᓯᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐅᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᐃᑦ ᓗᕆᓐᔅᒥ.”

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ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᑦᑑᒪᑕ 33 ᓇᑦᓯᑦ: 7,ᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᖑᓐᓂᐅᔭᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖏᑦᑐᒥᑦᑐᑦ.
ᓇᑦᓯᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᒪᑕ 1,500,ᖑᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᖏᒍᑦ (ᐳᓯᑳᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 200 ᓴᓂᐊᓂ ᐅᒥᖃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ) ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᓇᑦᓯᐅᑉ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓇᐃᒪᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓄᑦ ᕿᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓄᓪᓗ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ.
ᓇᑦᓯᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᒍᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒋᑦ 40 ᑭᓚᒥᑐᕐᔅ/ᐃᑲᕐᕋᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑎᔪᒧᐊᕐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓱᑎᒃ 200 ᒥᑐᕐᔅᓂᒃ ᐃᑎᔫᓂᖃᕐᑐᒧᑦ.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ