{"id":564,"date":"2015-12-03T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:57:32","slug":"icc-canada-applauds-canadas-recognition-of-the-value-of-indigenous-knowledge-and-encourages-its-use-in-climate-and-fisheries-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/press-releases\/icc-canada-applauds-canadas-recognition-of-the-value-of-indigenous-knowledge-and-encourages-its-use-in-climate-and-fisheries-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Canada Applauds Canada\u2019s Recognition of the Value of Indigenous Knowledge and Encourages its Use in Climate and Fisheries Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nDecember 3, 2015 \u2013 Washington, D.C. \u2013 Duane Smith, President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada is in Washington D.C. discussing the future of Central Arctic Ocean fisheries with the Arctic Five countries (Canada, Russia, United States, Denmark and Norway). \u201cInuit have been observing and monitoring Arctic wildlife and climate for 1000\u2019s of years and this knowledge is a valuable contributionfor evidence based decision making\u201d stated Mr. Smith. Smith applauded Prime Minster Trudeau for his remarks at the opening of the climate talks in Paris Monday, \u201c...Third, and very importantly, we will work with our provinces, territories and Indigenous leaders who are taking a leadership role on climate change. Indigenous peoples have known for thousands of years how to care for our planet. The rest ofus have a lot to learn. And no time to waste.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe impacts on Arctic fisheries from climate change are clear, \u201cIt is not just the reduction of sea ice froma warming climate which brings more ships in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) but also the appearance of new species of fish and even top predators like killer whales. We do not know the impacts of these changes on the fragile Arctic food chain or what the impacts of a longer ice free season will mean to theseimportant species.\u201d Smith wants the government to utilize indigenous knowledge in all decisionsregarding the Arctic and calls on the Government to recognize the need for climate adaption funding for Inuit in the Speech from the Throne tomorrow.\r\n\r\n\u201cHealthy and abundant fish stocks are essential to the cultural, nutritional and economic well-being and way of life of the Inuit communities and peoples who live along river drainages and coasts\u201d stated Smith.ICC recognizes that multinational companies are looking north for new fish stocks and ICC is urging a precautionary approach. In July 2015 the five Arctic coastal states agreed to sign a moratorium on commercial fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean.\r\n\r\nIn 2014, ICC held its General Assembly in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and were directed to advocate for a precautionary approach in developing commercial fishing in the international waters of the Central Arctic Ocean and support a moratorium until fish stocks have been adequately assessed and a sustainable management regime is in place that fully engages and involves Inuit.\r\n\r\nFor more information:\r\nNatasha Latreille, ICC Canada nlatreille@inuitcircumpolar.com P: 613-563-2642\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-27","category-press-releases"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987515357,"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/987515357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inuitcircumpolar.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}