Inuvialuit Hunters and Trappers Committees

14. (75) Each Inuvialuit Community Corporation shall establish a community Hunters and Trappers Committee and determine the qualifications for membership therein.  In determining those qualifications, regard shall be had to any agreements between the Inuvialuit and other native groups.

As amended by P.C. 1987-26, January 15, 1987

14. (76) A Hunters and Trappers Committee shall, among its other activities:

(a) advise the Inuvialuit Game Council on all local matters within the Committee’s area of responsibility;

(b) advise the Inuvialuit Game Council on the division of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region into community hunting and trapping areas;

(c) advise the Inuvialuit Game Council on the requirements of subsistence users in regard to fish and the animals referred to in paragraphs (6)(a), (b) and (c) ;

(d) sub-allocate the subsistence quota allocated for animals referred to in paragraph (6)(a) within its area of responsibility;

(e) sub-allocate any Inuvialuit quota set for fish and the animals referred to in paragraphs (6)(a), (b) and (c) ;

(f) make by-laws, subject to the laws of general application, governing the exercise of the Inuvialuit rights to harvest referred to in paragraphs (6)(a), (b), (c) and (d) ;

(g) encourage and promote Inuvialuit involvement in conservation , research, management enforcement and utilization in relation to the wildlife resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region ;

(h) assist in providing harvest data on request by the Wildlife Management Advisory Council s (NWT and North Slope ) or by the fish eries Joint Management Committee; and

As amended by P.C. 1987-26, January 15, 1987

(i) on request, assist the wildlife Advisory Managemert Councils (NWT and North Slope ) in carrying out their functions.

As amended by P.C. 1987-26, January 15, 1987

14. (77) By-laws made under paragraph (76)(f) shall be enforceable under the wildlife Ordinance of the Northwest Territories.

14. (78) Local Hunters and Trappers Committees shall be responsible for the sub-allocation of community shares of subsistence and other quotas among individuals and shall participate in the regulation of the subsistence harvest and the collection of harvest information as determined from time to time by the fish eries Joint Management Committee and Wildlife Management Advisory Council s (NWT and North Slope ).

As amended by P.C. 1987-26, January 15, 1987

14. (79) The administrative and operational costs of the Inuvialuit Game Council and the Hunters and Trappers Committees shall be borne by the Government of the Northwest Territories.