THE HUDSON BAY, JAMES BAY AND FOXE BASIN MARINE ECOSYSTEM:

12 Figure 2.3 Treaties and comprehensive land claims in the HBME (Natural Resources Canada 2004) 2.2.1 Nunavut As one of the first modern land claims agreement in the region, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (Nunavut Agreement) (1993) and the subsequent establishment of the Government of Nunavut has had overarching significance in the region. [...] The Regional Nunavimmi Umajulivijiit Katujiqatigininga (RNUK), the regional hunting authority, is responsible for the regulation and 15 monitoring of harvesting practices and techniques among the LNUKs, including non-quota limitations, and the allocation and enforcement of basic needs levels. [...] Today, the region extends west from the limits of the James Bay watershed in Québec, from approximately the 49th parallel in the south to the 56 30’ parallel in the north. [...] The overlapping area between the NMR and EMR is the subject of a joint administration under the terms of an Overlap Agreement, which forms part of both the EMRLCA and the NILCA. [...] The vision of the HBC is to facilitate communication and cooperation ‘in the pursuit of knowledge and means to protect, improve and steward the greater Hudson Bay/ James Bay ecosystem for the primary benefit of the people, flora and fauna that live there’ (Hudson Bay Consortium 2020).