by Claire Morin | 18 September 2023
An aerial survey was conducted from February 8 to 25, 2022, over an area of 33,203 km², covering the Detour woodland caribou population’s winter range as delineated by the Québec government. This population, whose range overlaps the provinces of Québec and Ontario, has sometimes been referred to as the La Sarre herd or the Quebec-Ontario Frontier herd in Québec. A total of 338 animals were enumerated during the survey, including 83 in Québec and 255 in Ontario. At the time of the survey, calves accounted for roughly 22.4% of the population, giving a recruitment figure of 39.9 calves/100 females. The sex ratio was 37.8 males per 100 females. Based on detection rates estimated during the survey, the total abundance of the Detour population in winter 2022 would be between 446 and 465 individuals. This survey achieved the first abundance estimate for the entire cross-border Detour population. Comparison of the present results with those from earlier work is limited, since the latter covered only certain portions of the population’s range. Nevertheless, there are several indications that the Detour population has undergone a reduction in abundance since the 1980s.
by Claire Morin | 4 August 2023
The purpose of this management framework of the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) is to help determine the issues related to harmonizing uses in the targeted territories, the orientations the MELCCFP intends to pursue and possible solutions to address the issues raised by the local stakeholders concerned.
The proposed management framework applies more specifically to salmon rivers in structured territories where agreements with the MELCCFP are in place to promote access to fishing.
by Claire Morin | 13 July 2023
The sparse knowledge about Nunavik birdlife limits our ability to ensure the recovery of some species or their maintenance at viable population levels. Nunavik is home to the majority of breeding pairs of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in eastern North America. However, since 2011, with the exception of one population survey conducted in the Ungava Bay area, this vast territory has been the subject of very few eagle (and other raptor) inventories, even though it has many rock faces that are suitable for this species. This report presents the results of a 2022 Hudson Bay inventory conducted by a joint team from the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) and the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada (CWS). The inventory highlighted the widespread use of this area by Golden Eagles, with a total of 163 nests located, of which 133 (81.5%) were new nesting sites for the species. The inventory also provided new information on the nesting of other birds of prey: the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus), gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), merlin (Falco columbarius) and osprey (Pandion haliaetus). The inventory was also intended to collect data for the northern component of the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Québec. The resulting nesting indices allowed us to extend the known nesting area of various species. This was the case for Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) and Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta), which were found further south than their known breeding range in mainland Québec, as well as for American duck (Mareca americana), Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) and American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), which, conversely, were found further north than their known range. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) was particularly numerous, with 163 individuals counted, many of them on rivers not previously known to support this duck. Other species at risk were the Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia), Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), and Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). The efforts made during this ornithological inventory represent one of the most important multi-species knowledge acquisition projects ever conducted at these latitudes.
by Claire Morin | 28 June 2023
Biodemographic parameters of an anadromous Arctic charr population during the upstream migration in the Tasiallujuak River, Deception Bay, Salluit, Nunavik, Québec, Canada, were studied to serve as a benchmark before any potential anthropogenic development in the area. This is the last of a series of four studies about iqaluppik.
by Claire Morin | 3 April 2023
Order made under the Quebec Fishery Regulations (1990) which modifies the content of this Regulation with regard to the periods, quotas, fishing gear and methods and the length or weight limits for fish applicable to the sport fishing for an area or part of it.
