Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2024
20202019 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6000.
The study is continuing to investigate whether contaminant (mercury, other metals, persistent organic contaminants) levels are changing in fish in the Northwest Territories with a focus on Great Slave Lake which the team have been studying since the early 1990s. The plan is to arrange collections of lake trout from t...
Principal Investigator:Palsson, Solmundur Karl Licensed Year(s):
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5329.
Our objectives on Great Slave Lake are to understand the current governance framework around the fishery in Great Slave Lake (GSL), its benefits, its distribution, and the historical trends; and, to identify commonalities and differences among rights holders, actors and organizations involved in the fishery.
Togeth...
Principal Investigator:Bourdages, Madelaine Licensed Year(s):
2022
2021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5224.
The first objective of this project is to quantify microplastic concentration and composition in water, sediment, zooplankton, and air around Great Slave Lake. The second objective of this project is to examine if microplastic concentrations are greater near communities than the open water of Great Slave Lake. The thi...