POND INLET, Nunavut — A marine conservation charity and Inuit hunters are praising cruise operators for agreeing to avoid a Nunavut waterway where thousands of…
“This area historically is some of the most important narwhal habitat anywhere in the world,” said Chris Debicki, Ocean North’s vice president of policy development, noting Milne Inlet, a small arm of Eclipse Sound, is a critical calving area.
A report from working groups from the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission and Canada/Greenland Joint Commission on Beluga and Narwhal published earlier this year concluded increased shipping traffic is “by far the most likely cause” of declining narwhal numbers in Eclipse Sound, particularly from the iron ore mine.
He noted Baffinland has several voluntary mitigation measures including the use of convoys, avoiding restricted areas, using a fixed shipping route and capping vessel speeds at nine knots. Akman added the company employs six full-time and four part-time Inuit shipping monitors in Pond Inlet.
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