Monitoring Nûtimesânân Following the Diversion of Our River: A Community-led Registry in Eeyou Istchee, Northern Québec

Ronald Edward Strangway, Marc Dunn and Ryan Erless
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Ronald Edward Strangway: Niskamoon Corporation, 387 Rue Saint Paul O, Montréal, QC H2Y 2A7, Canada
Marc Dunn: Niskamoon Corporation, 387 Rue Saint Paul O, Montréal, QC H2Y 2A7, Canada
Ryan Erless: Niskamoon Corporation, 387 Rue Saint Paul O, Montréal, QC H2Y 2A7, Canada

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2016, vol. 18, issue 01, 1-21

Abstract: The Waskaganish Voluntary Anadromous Cisco Catch Registry is a community-led ex post monitoring programme carried out within the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Follow-up Phase of the Rupert River Diversion Hydroelectric Project. The Registry monitors an aboriginal subsistence fishery in the Cree community of Waskaganish. Due to the complexity of the socio-ecological system, predicting the project’s impacts on the fishery at the ex ante stage proved difficult. The programme has allowed the community to monitor changes in the cisco fishery, while also providing a forum for communication and collaboration with the proponent, Hydro-Québec. The programme recognises and incorporates both local ecological knowledge and scientific results from site-specific biological monitoring studies. Overall, the Registry has enhanced stakeholder understanding of project impacts, improved mitigation management decision-making and led to the development of an effective consultation framework. Most importantly, the Registry has helped the fishery to continue into the future despite project impacts.

Keywords: Ex post environmental monitoring; community-based monitoring; environmental impact assessment; traditional fisheries; indigenous consultation; environmental follow-up; hydroelectric development; local ecological knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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