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Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area

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375: 26: 43: 78: 740: 726: 85: 50: 463: 243:. The MPA was established in October 2016 to support habitat for important marine species, and to help protect the marine environment adjacent to the Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary. The area is culturally important to the 423: 424:
The Paulatuk Hunters and Trappers Committe, Paulatuk Community Corporation, and The Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT), The Fisheries Joint Management Committee and the Joint Secretariat (2016).
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for subsistence hunting and fishing activities. The MPA was named in honour of Nelson Green, an Inuvialuit elder from
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A satellite image of Parry Peninsula; the marine protected area extends around its northern and eastern sides.
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lies on the western side of the MPA, and on the eastern side of the peninsula the MPA extends south into
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The MPA surrounds the Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary, which was established to protect nesting
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which enters the ocean on the western side of Franklin Bay, from the eastern coast of the
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Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam MPA encompasses important habitats for numerous species including
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is located at the tip of the peninsula, where a migratory bird sanctuary is located.
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and covers an area of approximately 2,358 square kilometres (910 sq mi).
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and Brock Rivers, which empty into Darnley Bay, and the
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Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area (Canada)
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Map showing the location of Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area
Northwest Territories
Map showing the location of Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area
Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Northwest Territories
Canada
Paulatuk
hamlet
70°05′11″N 124°39′58″W / 70.086304°N 124.666058°W / 70.086304; -124.666058
Marine Protected Area
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam MPA
Marine Protected Area
Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Northwest Territories
Canada
Inuvialuit
Paulatuk
hamlet
Paulatuk
Parry Peninsula
Cape Parry
Franklin Bay
Darnley Bay
Hornaday
Horton River (Canada)
Bathurst Peninsula
Amundsen Gulf
Tuktut Nogait National Park

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