Infographic 11 — The Canadian Arctic: Communities inform coastal ecosystems

An infographic shows information on how communities inform coastal ecosystems. Two coloured informational boxes are laid out on either side of a simplified coastal Arctic scene. The box at left shows an icon of a beluga whale with a zoomed-in section showing the fat layer under the animal's skin. In the centre of the infographic is a scene with a coastal Arctic community and a human figure waving from the sea ice. The box at right shows an icon of three people sitting at a round table with a report and an icon of a computer screen with a person and a speech bubble. At the bottom of the infographic are three icons and accompanying informational boxes. The icon at left is a simplified Arctic coast and sunset with sea ice. The central icon is a fish head and the far right icon is a beluga head.

• Inuit knowledge identifies important ecological indicators for monitoring species
• Texture of fat/uqsuq is an indicator used to monitor health of beluga in the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area
• Community-based and community-led monitoring programs provide information about species and their environment
• Knowledge Sharing
• Websites and social media share information between scientific and Indigenous knowledge holders
• Water temperature, ice thickness
• Environmental DNA (eDNA)
• Monitoring for invasive species
• Char stock status
• Occurrence of salmon
• Fish and marine mammal tagging
• Beluga health and harvest
• Beluga and killer whale sightings
• Whale entrapments