Licensed hunting and trapping in Canada : Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

LICENSED HUNTING AND TRAPPING IN CANADA Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development Harold Albrecht Chair JUNE 2015 41st PARLIAMENT, SECOND SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby perm [...] The Committee further agreed that the study would examine: the cultural significance of licensed hunting and trapping in Canada; the economic contribution of licensed hunting and trapping in Canada; the participation in licensed hunting and trapping throughout Canada; the contributions of hunters and trappers to wildlife management and conservation; the role of scientific research in wil [...] The trapping industry and the fur trade are said to have “opened up the doors to the north.”4 Along the shores of the St. [...] The Committee was told that the number of people trapping in the Northwest Territories, for instance, had declined from about 2,500 in the 1980s 21 and stabilized around 600 to 740 over the last eight years.22 Several witness suggested that one of the causes of the decline in participation in hunting and trapping in Canada is an increasing urbanization of society.23 More people are living in urban [...] The witness explained that the “number of moose seen per day is very highly correlated with the number of moose in the population.”133 The Committee heard from an outfitter who works in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories.