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.
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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