Eelgrass Sampling in Eastmain A great start to the week! Sampling eel grass in Eastmain with Niskamoon Corporation and our local CTA-EMR officer (Derek Okimaw). A special thanks to Ernie and Laura Lee for teaching us about their eel-grass sampling project, our boat drivers, local land-users, and tallymen! To read more about the project check out this news article: Cree partners keep large-scale eelgrass research on track during pandemic

New Management Biologist The Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board is growing! We are excited to welcome Stephanie Varty to the team. Stephanie will be working as a Management Biologist for the EMRWB and she will be based out of Eastmain, QC. Prior to working for the EMRWB Stephanie worked as an Environmental Technician researching the impacts of aquatic contaminants in northern and remote aquatic systems. Stephanie holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Geography and a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences and Ecology from the University of Toronto. Her M.Sc. research focused on the impacts of climate change and seasonality on [...]

2020 Annual Photo Contest Send us your best photos of the Eeyou Marine Region! Photos may include year-round shots of hunting, fishing or other traditional activities in the E eyou Marine Region, camp life, marine landscape, wildlife, northern lights, etc. All photos submitted could be used to illustrate future EMR Wildlife Board publications, including an annual calendar, reports, newsletters, and the EMRWB website (with credit given to the photographer). Winners will be announced on November 30th, 2020! RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Contest not open to EMRWB or CTA-EMR members or staff 2. Limit of 10 photo submissions per person 3. [...]

FISHES Project Fostering Indigenous Small-scale fisheries for Health, Economy and Food Security The EMRWB and the CTA are both partners in the FISHES research project, which is a multiyear study aiming to gain a better knowledge of the various stocks of sea-run Whitefish, Lake Cisco and Brook Trout in the Eeyou Marine Region. In the next few weeks, we will be sampling the fins from harvested fish and send them to the lab for genetic analysis. The EMR-CTA local officers in each coastal community will be the main contact persons. You can download a Printable PDF of the FISHES pamphlet [...]

Beluga Observation Posters now posted in communities   Please report your beluga observations! Beluga Poster Chisasibi There is very little documented information about beluga whales in the Eeyou Marine Region, so the Board is interested in collecting beluga observations along the coastline and in river mouths. We have these posters up in every coastal community, at the CTA office. Please contact your CTA-EMR local officer if you see a beluga! We welcome sightings from any community member, fisher or other land user. This will help us to monitor population numbers, identify critical habitat and distribution patterns. [...]

Amendment to the Nunavik Beluga Public Hearing Notice Notice is provided on December 19th, 2019 that the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board (NMRWB) and Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB) have made amendments to the Notice of Public Hearing released on November 22nd, 2019. Updates include the list of Parties to the Hearing, and changes to the submission deadline. Information presented in the original Public Hearing Notice will remain in effect with the exception of additions or changes listed herein. For greater clarity, if any information in this notice of amendment is in conflict with the originally posted notice, the [...]

Eeyou Istchee Coastal Community Voices on Wildlife Research Priorities for the Eeyou Marine Region The Report on Wildlife Research Priorities for the Eeyou Marine Region is now available. You can access it and download it here !

Notice of Public Hearing – Request for Submissions related to the Modification of the Total Allowable Take and Non-Quota Limitations for Beluga in the Nunavik Marine Region Amendment to the Nunavik Beluga Public Hearing Notice Notice is provided on December 19th, 2019 that the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board (NMRWB) and Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB) have made amendments to the Notice of Public Hearing released on November 22nd, 2019. Updates include the list of Parties to the Hearing, and changes to the submission deadline. Information presented in the original Public Hearing Notice will remain in effect with the [...]

WINNERS of the 1st Annual Eeyou Marine Region Photo Contest! Thank you to everyone who participated! We had many excellent photo submissions and the decision was very difficult! The Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board members voted on the winning photos after examining each one for quality, uniqueness of subject matter, and whether or not the photo was taken within the boundaries of the EMR. The winners are: 1st Prize: Katherine Dehm (Fall Colours, Wemindji Coast) 2nd Prize: Glen Calvin (Whapmagoostui Musk-ox) 3rd Prize: Olivier Chabal Dragon (Eastmain River) 4th Prize: Steven Tremblay (Northern Lights) We will be contacting prize winners today [...]

Bird Survey in Old Factory area was a success! The Wildlife Board participated in a bird survey from Sept. 6 to 13 in the Wemindji area, around Old Factory and on the surrounding islands, in partnership with Nature Canada, and the Cree Trappers’ Association. The survey was funded by the Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board and the Canadian Wildlife Service. The survey was very successful, with a total of 97 species and approximately 22,000 individuals observed. We recorded more than 3,600 individual shorebirds, primarily pectoral and semipalmated sandpipers. We observed 3 Hudsonian godwits (a threatened species) and 38 Rusty Blackbirds [...]