Atuagagdliutit - 16.01.1991, Síða 5

NR. 1 1991
AALISAAT/INUIT HUNTERS
5
Qilalukkat pillugit inatsit
Kalaallit Nunaanni kommunit avannarliit pingasut
ullumikkut tamarmik immikkut malittarisassaqarput
Kalaallit Nunaanni
Namminersornerullutik
Oqartussat Inuutissar-
siomermut Pisortaqarfi-
at qilalugamiartarneq
pillugu nalunaarutissa-
mik tamanut atuuttussa-
mik sanatitsinialerpoq.
Ullumikkut Kalaallit Nu-
naanni taamaallaat
landsrådip inatsisaa
1958-imeersoq atugaa-
voq, taannalu maanna
naleqqukkunnaarsima-
voq. Inatsimmi ukiunik
33-inik pisoqaassuseqar-
tumi piumasarineqartut
ilagaat, sassanik nas-
saarnermi politeeqarfik
qaninneq piaartumik te-
legrammikkut ilisima-
tinneqartassasoq. Ullu-
mikkulli atassuteqaqati-
giinniamermi atortuu-
tit nutaaliaasut atorne-
qalersimammata tele-
grammit atugaajun-
naangaj assimappulluun-
niit...
Taamatullu aamma Uum-
mannap, Upernaviup Ava-
nersuullu kommuniini qan-
gatsiarli malittarisassaliaa-
simasut atorluarsinnaajun-
naartigisimapput. Malitta-
risassat pingasut taakku as-
sigiinngilluinnartuupput, -
Upernaviup eqqaani qila-
lukkat kangerlunnguanut
ungoorneqarsinnaasarput,
taamaaliornissarli Uum-
mannap kommuniani iner-
teqqutaavoq.
Tamakku pissutigalugit
Inuutissarsiornermut Pi-
sortaqarfik maanna suliniu-
teqalerpoq qilalugarniartar-
neq pillugu nalunaarutissa-
mik nunamut tamarmut
atuuttussanik sanatitsiniar-
luni. Inuutissarsiornermut
Pisortaqarfiup malittarisas-
siortitsiniarnermini qilalu-
garniarfiusartuni najuga-
qartut peqataatinneqamis-
saat kissaatigisorujussuuaa.
Taamaattumillu pisortaqar-
fiup kommunit tamaasa isu-
massarsiorfigalugit novem-
berimili allaffigiortorsima-
vai, taamaaliortoqarporlu
inatsisissap qulaaniit pini-
artunut atuutilersinne-
qannginnissaa pillugu.
Kommunit 18-iusut ar-
laannaalluunniit suli Inuu-
tissarsiomermut Pisorta-
qarfimmut akissuteqarsi-
manngilaq, kommunilli ta-
matumunnga soqutiginnit-
tut arlallit fuldmægtig Ama-
lie Jessenip telefuunikkut
atassuteqarfigereersimavai.
Iliuuseqalerput
Kalaallit Nunaanni Aalisak-
kanik Misissuisoqarfiup uu-
masunik ilisimatuut qila-
lukkanik misissuisarnerat
annertunerulersissimavaa.
Qilalukkat misissuiffigi-
neqartarnerat 1985-imiilli
annertunerulersinneqar- si-
mavoq, Kalaallit Nunaanni-
lu qilalugaqarfiit arlallit
misissuiffigineqartarsimap-
put. Uumasunik ilisimatuut
siorna kalaallinit soqutigi-
neqaqalutik Qaanaami qila-
lukkamik radiortaliiniara-
luarput, qilalukkamilli uu-
masumik tigusisinnaasi-
manngillat. Uumasunilli ili-
simatuut anusinngorsi-
mannginamik 1991-imi mis-
ileeqqinniarput - tamatu-
manilu Canada-mi ingerlan-
neqassagunarluni.
Qularnanngilluinnarpoq
qilalukkat qemertat qaqor-
tallu taakkuinnaat Kalaallit
Nunaata Canadallu akor-
nanni ataatsimoorunneqar-
tut. Taamaattumik uuma-
sunik ilisimatuut suliniar-
nerulernissaata, ataatsimo-
orullugulu ataatsimiititali-
assap ukiormanna januarip
16-ianni 17-iannili Ilulissani
ataatsimiinnermi pilersin-
neqartussap kinguneriniar-
tussaassavaa, Kalaallit Nu-
naata tamarmi qanoq arfer-
nik mikinernik taakkuninn-
ga amerlatigisunik peqarne-
rata paasineqarnerulernis-
saa. Pingaartumik Kalaallit
Nunaata taama ataatsimut
isummertalernissaq sulis-
sutigisimavaa, nunallu mar-
luk taakku 1989-imi isuma-
qatigiissimanerat tunulequ-
taralugu ataatsimiititalia-
mik ataatsimoorussamik pi-
lersitsisoqarnissaa maanna
Canadattaaq piareersimaffi-
gilersimavaa.
Ilisimatuut tusarniaaf-
figineqaqqaassapput
Qilalukkat qemertat qaqor-
tallu Kalaallit Nunaanni pi-
sassat amerlassusilerneqar-
tanngillat, Canadalli issit-
tortaani pisassat sakkortoo-
rujussuarmik killiliiffigine-
qartarput, - allaat Qeqertar-
suarmi Baffin Islandimiit-
tumi najugaqartut 150-iu-
sut ukiumut tallimaannar-
nik qilalugartassinneqar-
tarlutik. Inuutissarsiomer-
mut Pisortaqarfik »Aali-
saat«mut oqarpoq, nalunaa-
rutissami kalaallit qilalu-
gartassaat qemertat qaqor-
tallu killilersorneqalernis-
saat pineqanngitsoq, - uani-
mi apeqqutaavoq ilisima-
tuunit qilalukkat amerlas-
susaasa missingersuusior-
neqarnerat tunngavigalugu
killilersuilernissaq pisaria-
qartin- neqanngittuartillu-
gu.
Ajornartorsiutaavorli ul-
lumikkut kikkunnilluunniit
ilisimaneqanngimmat qila-
lukkat qemertat qaqortallu
qanoq amerlatigisut ullu-
mikkut Kalaallit Nunaanni
pisarineqartarnersut. Kom-
munit ataasiakkaat immik-
koorlutik pisanik nalunaar-
suutit pigisaraat, kisiannilu
tamakkiisumik ilisimane-
qanngilaq Kalaallit Nu-
naanni qilalukkat qaqortat
qernertallu qanoq amerlati-
gisut pisarineqartarnersut.
Taamaattumik Inuutis-
sarsiornermut Pisortaqar-
fiup piumasaraa, pisanut al-
lattaaviit tamarmik immer-
soqqissaarneqartassalllutil-
lu utertillugit nassiunne-
qartassasut. Illloqarfinnili
nunaqarfinnilu piniartut
qanoq unneqqarissaartiga-
lutik allattuisarnerat assi-
giinngitsorajussuusarpoq.
Tamannarpiarlu tunngavi-
galugu maannakkut suli-
niuteqartoqarpoq pisanik
nalunaarsuiffissat immer-
sorneqamissaat qanoq pisa-
riaqartiginersoq paasisitsi-
niutigalugu, taamaalilluta
qilalukkat qaqortat qemer-
tallu pillugit oqallisileraan-
gatta sunarpiaat pineqar-
nersut paasisimalerniassa-
gatsigu.
Pingaartuuvoqpisat allattorsimaffiisa tamakkerlutik immersorneqartarnissaat nassiunne-
qartarnissaallu, taamaaliomikkummi Namminersornerusut Inuutissarsiutinut Pisorta-
qarfiat tamakkiisumik takussutissiisinnaammat pisat amerlassusiinik. (Ass.: Louise-Inger
Lyberth).
It is important that all lists of catches are filled in and forwarded so that the Greenland
Home Rule Directorate ofFisheres and Industry can get at complete view of the extent of
the catches (Photo: Louise-Inger Lyberth).
Joint Legislation on Whaling
Today the three northernmost municipalities in Greenland each has its own
regulations
Arfanniat pisussaapput mattaminermik neqiminermillu
kiisalu soqqarmik ataatsimikkommunimut tunniussinissa-
mik, taassumalu misiligutit Grønlands Fiskeriundersøgel-
serimut, uumasunik ilisimatuut misissuinissaat siunertara-
lugu, nassiuttussaallugit.
Because of the biological research whalers are obliged to
hånd in a small piece of mattak and meat and one whalebone
to themunicipal authorities who forward the samples to the
Greenlandic Fisheries Research Institute.
The Greenland Home
Rule Directorate of Fis-
heries and Industry is at
present preparing an or-
der for narwhal and be-
luga whaling. At the mo-
ment Greenland has on-
ly a Provincial Council
Act of 1958 which is out-
dated. The 23-year-old
act prescribes, among ot-
her things, that the nea-
rest police authorities
are immediately infor-
med by telegraph in the
event of a sassat. In the
modern Greenlandic
communication society
telegrams are hardly the
most common messen-
gers...
The municipal bye-laws in-
troduced in Uummannaq,
Upernavik and Avanersuaq
municipalities years ago are
not of much use either. The
three bye-laws differ widely
- for instance, in Upernavik
narwhals and belugas are of-
ten driven into the small in-
lets whereas this form of
whaling in illegal in Uum-
mannaq.
The Directorate of Fishe-
ries and Industry is therefo-
re preparing national regu-
lations on narwhal and belu-
ga whaling. The Directorate
is very interested in invol-
ving the local communities
in this legislation. Hence,
the Directorate wrote to all
the municipalities in No-
vember in order to obtain
good advice and ensure that
the order does not become a
dictate to the hunters.
None of the 18 municipali-
ties has replied to the Direc-
torate’s letter, but the head
clerk, Amalie Jessen, has be-
en in contact on the phone
with several of the munici-
pal authorities who have an-
nounced their interest in
the matter.
Increased Effort
The Greenlandic Fisheries
Research Institute has in-
tensified the biologists’ in-
vestigations of narwhal and
beluga.
Since 1985 the whales ha-
ve been given priority by the
biologists and a number of
observations of the popyula-
tions in Greenland have be-
en carried out. Last year the
biologists tried, accompani-
ed by much interest from
the Greenlanders, to attach
a radio transmitter to a nar-
whal in Qaanaaq, but they
did not succeed in catching a
live narwhal. The biologists
have not lost heart, howe-
ver, and plan to try again in
1991 - this time possibly in
Canada.
There is no doubt that
Greenland and Canada have
common populations of the-
se two whales, the narwhal
and beluga. Thus the increa-
sed biological effort, which
the establishment of a joint
commission in Ilulissat on
January 16 and 17 will also
promote, will benefit the
Greenlandic overall view of
the situation of these
»small« whales. Greenland
has been especially insistent
that a common attitude con-
cerning the narwhal and be-
luga be established, and now
Canada is also prepared to
appoint the joint commis-
sion as laid down in the Ag-
reement of1989 between the
two countries.
Listen to the Biologists
First
In Greenland there are no
quotas for narwhal and be-
luga while in Arctic Canada
the quotas are very limited -
for example, the settlement
Qeqertarsuaq on Baffin Is-
land with 150 inhabitants is
only allowed to catch 5 nar-
whals a year. The Directora-
te of Fisheries and Industry
says to »Aalisaat« that the
new regulations will not
establish quotas for the Gre-
enlandic narwhals and belu-
gas - as long as the biological
material on the size of the
populations does not indica-
te a need for quotas.
However, it is a problem
that today no-one knows
how many narwhals and be-
lugas are actually harvested
in Greenland. The individu-
al municipalities do have re-
ports of catches but there is
no overall view of the extent
of narwhal and beluga wha-
ling in Greenland. The Di-
rectorate therefore stresses
that all lists of catches be
filled in and forwarded. The-
re is, however, a great diffe-
rence between the individu-
al officials in towns and sett-
lements as to htow conscien-
tiously they fill in these re-
ports. Information on the
necessity of submitting the-
se reports of catches will
therefore be intensified so
that we may know what we
are actually talking about
when talking og narwhals
and belugas....