Ecora: An Integrated Ecosystem Management Approach

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ulus shows that the number of animals has remained stable at about 30,000 since the 1980s. The number of domestic reindeer has seriously decreased in this same period thus sharply reducing the competition between the wild and domesticated stocks. Status: This activity has been completed. ZooDENS veterinary devices have been delivered to all herd and communities and the necessary training has been conducted (see Section 6.1, Activity 3).

with whitefish being of particular significance. The main commercial species of fish in the Nizhnekolymsky region are broad whitefish ( Coregonus nasus ), Arctic cisco ( Coregonus autumnalis ), whitefish ( Coregonus muksun ), and Stenodus leucichthys ), isprotectedbut is regularlyharvested as by-catch. The average proportion of the two species (broad whitefish and nelma) during the commercial fishing season is 11:1 and with a total of 2 tonnes of nelma annually. The development of realistic recommendations to protect nelma from by-catch has proved problematic because of the similarity in environmental conditions of both species. � European cisco ( Coregonus albula ). Another species of whitefish, the nelma (

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Activity 2.5: Whitefish (Kolyma River Basin)

Results: Fishing is very important to the local economy • ������������ ���������������������������

Figure 3. Proposed zoning scheme for Kolguev Island to protect goose populations. Areas 1,2 and 3 are proposed regional Nature Protected Areas with a special conservartion regime and where regulated aconomic activities include traditional nature use. Areas ‘‘ТПП’’ are proposed traditional nature use zones. The shaded areas identifies the area used by the oil companies.

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