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After a sharp drop in subsistence catches, Ottawa earmarks $1.2 million for Arctic char study

The study, based in western Nunavut, will follow about 100 fish over a five-year period using tracking devices.

By Jane George, Nunatsiaq News May 11, 2018
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Inuinnait in western Nunavut have long fished from the nearby rivers and coasts, but since 2015 they have witnessed a sharp decline in the numbers of migratory Arctic char.

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