Atuagagdliutit - 28.11.1990, Qupperneq 7

NR. 1 1990
AALISAAT/INUIT HUNTERS
Baffin Islandimeersut, aalisartoqatimik Quebecimeersut sanianni issiasut, kalaalli sikuk-
kut qaleralinniartameranni misilittakkat iluaqutigilluarsimavaat.
Baffin Island, whose representatives sat next to the colleagues ofQuebec, has had great use
ofthe experiences from the Greenlandic ice fishing for Greenland halibut. (Photo: Alfred
Jakobsen).
Canadami ataatsimiinneq
AIL: Peter Davidsen, Qassimiut
The Meeting in Canada
By: Peter Davidsen, vice-president of KNAPK
Oktoberip 6-ni 7-anilu il-
loqarfimmi Nain-imi La-
bradorimiittumi ataatsi-
meeqatigiittoqarpoq
Alaska-miit, Canada-
miit Kalaallillu Nunaan-
nit aalisartut sinniisaan-
nit aammalu pisortaqar-
fiit aallartitaannit peqa-
taaffigineqartumik.
Ataatsimeeqatigiinnerup
siunertarisaa tassaavoq Is-
sittumi sinerissap qanittua-
ni aalisarnermut tunngas-
suteqartunik paasissutissa-
nik imminnut paarlaateqa-
tigiinnissaq, aammalu sine-
rissap qanittuani aalisar-
nermi atortorissaarutitigut
ineriartortitsinermi immin-
nut paarlaateqatigiinnissaq
suleqatigiinnikkut anguni-
arneqassasoq.
Ataatsimeeqatigiinnermi
pingaarnerutilluguttaaq eq-
qartorneqarpoq siunissami
aalisarnerup ataavartuunis-
saa aallaavigalugu aalisar-
nermi atortorissaarutitigut
siuarsaanermi ikioqatigiin-
nissaq, tamannami Issittup
inoqartuarnissaanut tunn-
gaviulluinnarpoq sulissuti-
gineqartuarnissaalu pin-
gaarluinnartuulluni. Taa-
mak oqarput issittormiut
aalisarnikkut sinniisaat ul-
luni marlunni Nain-imi La-
brador-imiittumi ataatsime-
eqatigiittut.
Peqataasut
Ulluni marlunni Nain-imi
Labrador-imiittumi ataatsi-
meeqatigiinnermi peqataa-
sut pingaarnerit tassaapput
Alaska-mi Aalisartut Kat-
tuffianniit sinniisut, Cana-
da-meersullu tassaallutik
Pangnirtung-imit aalisartut
aallartitaat, Baffin Island-ip
kangimut sineriaani Qeqer-
tarsuarmiit aalisartut aal-
lartitaat, Quebec-ip avan-
naani aalisartut aallarti-
taat, Labrador-imi aalisar-
tut assigiinngitsut kiisalu
Ottawa-mi Isorliunerusu-
nut Naalakkersuisoqarfiup
pisortaqarfianiit aammalu
aalisarnermi pisortaqarfiup
immikkoortortaanit assi-
giinngitsuneersut.
Kalaallit Nunaannit
Namminersornerullutik
Oqartussat aallartitaraat
InuuPi-mi atorfilik Bjørn
Rosing aammalu KNAPK-
miit peqataallutik Peter Da-
vidsen, Qassimiut, Niels
Nathanielsen-ilu Ilulissa-
niit. Taakkua saniatigut
nutserisutut peqataapput
KNAPK-mi siunnersorti Al-
fred Jakobsen, ICC-iip
Nuummi allaffeqarfiani pi-
sortaq Hjalmar Dahl aam-
malu Nuka Møller, Ilisima-
tusarfimmi ilisimatusartoq.
Ajoraluartumillu Sovjet
Union-imit aalisartut pini-
artulluunniit sinniisaannik
peqataasoqanngitsoorpoq,
naak tappavaniit ataatsimii-
nermi peqataasoqarnissaa
siunertaralugu aggersaaso-
qarsimagaluartoq.
Oqaluuserineqartut
Ataatsimeeqatigiinnermi
pingaartillugu oqaluuseri-
neqarpoq nunani issittuni
assigiinngitsuni sinerissap
qanittuani aalisarnikkut
ineriartortitsineq pillugu
paasissutisseeqatigiinneq
tamatumani aalisakkat suut
aningaasarsiutigalugit tuni-
sassiarineqartamersut,
suullu pigineqaraluarlutik
aningaasarsiutigineqarneq
ajortut ilanngullugit.
Pingaarnerpaatut tikku-
artorneqartoq tassaavoq
ataavartumik sinerissap qa-
nittuani aalis akkan ik inuu-
niuteqarneq akornuserne-
qarani ingerlaavarnissaa,
tamannalu eqqumaffigalu-
gu aningaasarsiornikkut
ineriartortitsinissaq.
Sinerissap qanittuani aa-
lisarnermi angallatit ator-
tullu assigiinngitsut pillugit
paasissutissanik ilisimasa-
nillu saqqummiussuisoqar-
poq, siunissarlu eqqarsaati-
galugu atortorissaarutit pil-
lugit suleqatigiissinnaaneq
paarlaateqatigiissinnaaner-
lu ataatsimeeqatigiinnermi
sammisat aamma ilagaat.
Aalisakkanik tunisassior-
nermi avammut tunineqar-
tartut pillugit paasissutissa-
nik ilisimasanillu saqqum-
miussuisoqarpoq, siunissar-
lu eqqarsaatigalugu assigii-
kannersumik tunisassior-
sinnaaneq ilaatigut inger-
lanneqarsinnaasoq eqqaa-
neqarpoq. Avammullu tuni-
sinermi akit iluanaarutillu
aalisartunut iluaqutaaneru-
sunngorlugit pitsanngortin-
neqassappata, akornuser-
suunnanilu ineriartortinne-
qassappata aaqqissuussa-
mik suleqatigiissutigineqar-
sinnaanerat ataatsimeeqati-
giinnermi pingaartinneqar-
tut ilagilluinnarpaat.
Nuannaarutigaa
KNAPK-miit peqataaqatim-
ma Niels Nathanielsen-ip
ataatsimeeqataasut ilaat
Pangnirtung-imi ullumik-
kut sikumiit qaleralinniar-
nermik ingerlataqalersima-
soq naapikkamiuk assut nu-
annaarutigisimavaa.
Tassami Niels Nathaniel-
sen, 1986-imi ICC-ii aqquti-
galugu Akilinermiunut si-
kumiit aalisartameq ilinni-
artitsissutigiartorsimavaa,
taamanikkullu Pangnir-
tung-imi piniarnerinnarmik
inuussutissarsiortut ilinni-
artissimallugit.
Pangnirtung-ermioq oqa-
luttuarpoq ullumikkut siku-
miit qaleralinniarneq assut
soqutigineqalersimasoq, pi-
niartullu ullumikkut 100
sinnerlugit amerlassusillik
tamanna iluaqutigillualersi-
magaat, illoqarfiullu aali-
sarnikkut ineriartortinne-
qarnissaanik tunngaviliisi-
manerarlugu.
Taamatullu Niels Natha-
nielsen-ip tusartinneqami-
ni nuannaarutigilluinnar-
paa nammineq ihsimalersi-
masani ullumikkut Pang-
nirtung-ermiunut ajunngit-
sumik aningaasarsiornik-
kut siumukaallatsitsisima-
nera paasigamiuk.
Taamatullu nunatsinniit
ilinniartitsiartorsimaneq
assersuutaavoq ataatsimee-
qatigiinnerup siunertari-
saanut.
Nain-imi ataatsimeeqati-
giinneq aaqqissuunneqar-
poq Labrador-imi Inuit Pe-
qatigiiffianniit Canada-milu
Isorliunerusunut Naalak-
kersuisoqarfimmiit anin-
gaasalersorneqarsimalluni.
Siullermik taamatut
ataatsimeeqatigiittoqarsi-
mavoq 1989-imi Eqalunni
ingerlanneqartumik, taa-
manikkullu ataatsimeeqati-
giissimanermi isumaqati-
giissutigineqarsimavoq
1990-imi Issittumi sineris-
sap qanittuani aalisarneq
pillugu ataatsimiissutigine-
qassasoq.
1991-imilu ataatsimeeqa-
tigiinnerup nanginnissaa
isumaqatigiissutigineqar-
poq, ataatsimiinnermi una
aallarnisaataasutut isigine-
qarmat aappaagulu ataatsi-
meeqatigiinnissap sumi pi-
nissaa suli nalunarallarpoq.
At the 6th and the 7th of
October, a meeting was
held in Nain, Labrador,
where representatives of
the fishery organisa-
tions and fishery direc-
tories of Alaska, Canada
and Greenland were pre-
sent.
The purpose of the mee-
ting was, among other
things, to exchange experi-
ences and expertise in Coa-
stal fishing in arctic regions,
and to exchange informa-
tion about the technological
development in Coastal fis-
hing in arctic regions especi-
ally concerning unused fis-
hable species and cost cut.
From the submitted ma-
terial during the meetings,
great concern was expressed
that the technological deve-
lopment in Coastal fishing in
arctic regions should be for-
med with the strategy of
hindering overfishing. Fis-
hing is the pillar that ena-
bles the arctic regions to be
populated, which was one of
the things stated during the
meetings in Nain in Labra-
dor.
The participants
The most important partici-
pants during the two days of
meetings in Nain, Labrador
were the representatives of
the fishery organisations in
Alaska, while Canada was
represented by fishermen of
Pangnirtung and Holman
Island (Qeqertarsuaq) on
the east coast of Baffin Is-
land and fishery-representa-
tives from northern Quebec
and Labrador. There was al-
so participants from the De-
partment of Indian and
Northern Development, DI-
AND, in Ottowa and from
several different branches of
the fishery director ate.
From Greenland, the par-
ticipants were Bjørn Rosing
of the Directorate of Voca-
tion, Peter Davidsen, Qassi-
miut, and Niels Nathaniel-
sen, Ilulissat, both from
KNAPK In addition, Alfred
Jakobsen consultant in
KNAPK participated as in-
terpreter, Hjalmar Dahl, Of-
fice leader in the ICC-office
in Nuuk, and Nuka Møller,
student at Ilisimatusarfik.
Unfortunately, there we-
re no representatives from
the Soviet Union, though in-
vitations were sent from Ot-
towa.
The agenda
One of the most important
subjects was the exchange of
information concerning the
development in the Coastal
fishing in the arctic regions,
where great importance was
laid upon the commercially
exploited species, and which
species where still unexploi-
ted.
Special importance was
laid upon the issue that the
economical development
should be based on the atti-
tude, that Coastal fishery is
guaranteed survival in the
future.
Information was exchan-
ged concerning the vessels
and the equipment used in
the Coastal fishing and expe-
riences concerning Coastal
fishing in arctic regions was
submitted. The possibility
of cooperation in the deve-
lopment of Coastal fishing
and mutual exchange of
technology in the different
regions was also discussed.
Information concerning
marketing of products and
how the commercially ex-
ploited species are produced
at the location of the market
was also submitted, and ge-
neral agreement was expres-
sed that an eventual coope-
ration concerning a more
uniform way of production
could be established. And if
some of the profit from ex-
port is going to be of greater
benefit to the fishermen,
without stepping eachother
over the feet, it’s necessary
to have a more coordinated
cooperation concerning op-
tions.
Was happy
My partner Niels Nathaniel-
sen, was very happy to meet
one of his apprentices in
ice-fishing from Pangnir-
tung. The person in que-
stion today performs ice-fis-
hing for Greenland halibut.
The faet of the matter is
that Niels Nathanielsen in
1986 through ICC, travelled
to Canada to leeture the lo-
cal hunters overthere about
ice-fishing, and hunting was
at that time the main pro-
fession in Pangnirtung.
The ice-fisher of Pangnir-
tung explained that there
was a great interest for ice-
fishing for Greenland hali-
but, and that there today is
more than 100 hunters who
makes good use of the ice-
fishing. This has, among ot-
her things, given the possi-
blity of development of tra-
des in the town quite a push.
And Niels Nathanielsen
was very happy to hear the-
se news, about the trade
that he has been a major
character of starting him-
self, and has given to the
hunters of Pangnirtung
through his own experien-
ces. He was especially proud
to hear, that he thereby has
been a part of creating a ba-
sis for an economical deve-
lopment beneficial for the
whole population.
This exact way of exchan-
ge of know how is a clear
example of the purpose of
the meeting.
The meeting in Nain was
arranged by the Inuit-asso-
ciation in Labrador and was
among others financed by
DIAND.
A meeting like this, was
for the first time held in
Egaluit in 1989, where there
at that time was general ag-
reement to arrange a mee-
ting in 1990 concerning the
Coastal fishing with partici-
pation of every region in the
Arctic.
There was agreement to
arrange a simil ar meeting in
1991, but it is still unknown
where the next meeting is to
be held.
We must go on
By: Pavia Nielsen, president of KNAPK
The fish catches in
1990 have decreased
drastically compared
to last year, and the de-
crease is mostly in cod
fishing.
Everybody can tell the
decrease, and thereby un-
derstand that the fisher-
men are in the middle of a
deep economical crises.
In spite of this faet, it’s
an amazingly small num-
ber of fishermen who have
addressed KNAPK’s he-
adquarters to receive ad-
vice about what to do to
ease the situation about
the unpayed bilis.
I personally think that
it’s the fisherman himself
who in the first round
should try to do somet-
hing if he has trouble
paying fees to loans and
interests, by possibly get-
ting respite or a similar
arrangement.
There is also »The Spe-
cial Helpfund« which the
single fisherman or hun-
ter can apply to, they
should just remember to
get a statement from the
board of their local fis-
hing- and hunting union.
These are the options
that all fishermen should
exploit, and there’s not-
hing wrong in exploiting
them. It’s not the fault of
man that the fishing has
failed.
I think that fishermen
and hunters have an acute
need for some kind of help
to pay their expenses such
as ESU-loans, BSU- loans
and bank-loans, and this
problem has to be taken
seriously by the public
authorities.
I mentioned that the
fishermen have economi-
cal problems, and that the
public authorities should
show some understanding
of the seriousness of the
situation, and therefore
an option must be giving
to take in terest-free loans,
loans and instalmentpe-
riods for ESU-loans for
vessels should be made
longer, since this is better
than respite.
The different produc-
tion-committees should
participate in finding a
new basis of production.
We can’t just stop, we
must go on.