By Evan Careen Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new agreement between the federal government and Inuit in Labrador and Quebec marks the next stage of a process to create a new Inuit \u00a0Protected Area and national marine conservation area off the coast of \u00a0Labrador. On Nov. 28 federal and Inuit representatives from Nunatsiavut \u00a0Government and Makivvik\u2014the legal corporate entity for Inuit in \u00a0Quebec\u2014signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that could lead to the \u00a0official designation of up to 17,000 square kilometres of Nunatsiavut\u2019s \u00a0coastal and marine waters. The area in question, in the Labrador Sea adjacent to Torngat \u00a0Mountains National Park, \u201cis a transition between Arctic and Atlantic \u00a0habitats and is home to polar bears, whales, dolphins, seals, breeding \u00a0and migrating seabirds, waterfowl, and a variety of fish species,\u201d \u00a0according… <\/p>\n
By Evan Careen Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new agreement between the federal government and Inuit in Labrador and Quebec marks the next stage of a process to create a new Inuit \u00a0Protected Area and national marine conservation area off the coast of \u00a0Labrador. On Nov. 28 federal and Inuit representatives from Nunatsiavut \u00a0Government and Makivvik\u2014the legal corporate entity for Inuit in \u00a0Quebec\u2014signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that could lead to the \u00a0official designation of up to 17,000 square kilometres of Nunatsiavut\u2019s \u00a0coastal and marine waters. The area in question, in the Labrador Sea adjacent to Torngat \u00a0Mountains National Park, \u201cis a transition between Arctic and Atlantic \u00a0habitats and is home to polar bears, whales, dolphins, seals, breeding \u00a0and migrating seabirds, waterfowl, and a variety of fish species,\u201d \u00a0according... <\/p>\n