Projects
Below is a list, in chronological order, of projects led by AMIK, from awareness and education, preservation of marine resources, collecting and promoting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge to research and development.
- Temperature Monitoring of 13 Innu Salmon Rivers on the North Shore (2016/18 – Ongoing)
- Monitoring and Assessment of the Sea Cucumber Population Between Nutashkuan and Pakua Shipu (2017/18 – Ongoing)
- Science Promotion Workshops for Aboriginal Youth (2017/20 – Ongoing)
- Scallop Biomass Assessment for Ekuanitshit (2017/18 – Ongoing)
- Atlas of Indigenous Sites and Uses of the Saint Lawrence River (2016/18 – Ongoing)
- Monitoring Eelgrass Beds and Fish Biodiversity at the Mouth of the Romaine River and in the Baie de Sept-Îles (2011/18 – Ongoing)
- Biomass Assessment of the Green Sea Urchin at the Mouth of the Saguenay Fjord (2016-17)
- Shipek mak Shipu Summer Camps for Youth from the Innu Communities of the Lower North Shore (2016/17)
- Creation of the Keshken Certification (2011/13) and Traceability (2014/17)
- PURMER Summer Camp (2016/17)
- Development and Land Use Planning of Uashat’s Coastal Footpath (2016/17)
- Biomass Assessment of Icelandic Scallops in the Baie de Sept-Îles (2015/16)
- Design and Development of Scallop Processing Equipment (2013/16)
- Collection of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge on American Lobster (2015/16)
- AMIK Public Symposium on Aboriginal Fishing (2016)
- Biomass Assessment of Soft-Shell Clams in Pessamit (2014/16)
- Creation of an Innu Round Table on the Management of Atlantic Salmon (2015)
- Symposium on the Participative Management of Atlantic Salmon by the Innu of the North Shore (2015)
- Increasing the Shelf Life of Different Marine Products with a Hydrostatic High Pressure Treatment (2014/15)
- Atlantic Salmon Conservation Through the Promotion of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge in Innu Communities on the North Shore (2012/14)
- Shipekᵘ mak Shipu Summer Camps for Youth From Six Innu Communities (2014)
- Awareness Campaign and Community Involvement in the Preservation of Animal and Plant Habitats of the Innu Traditional Territory (2013/14)
- Assessment of Fishing Potential for American Lobster in the Baie de Sept-Îles (2013)
- Publication of an Innu/French Storybook Entitled “Histoires du Nitassinan : Les animaux en danger de disparition” (2012)
- Algal Biomass Assessment of the North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River Between Tadoussac and Havre-St-Pierre (2011/12)
- Feasibility Study To Evaluate the Harvest of Migratory Birds in Innu Communities on the North Shore (2011)
- Exploratory Whelk Fishing Northwest of Anticosti Island (2011)
- Surveying Eelgrass Seabeds, a Critical Habitat: an Aerial Survey of the Lower North Shore (2010)
- First Nations Community Involvement in the Protection of Endangered Species and Their Habitats (2008/10)
- Innu Nation Participation in the Quebec Bird Breeding Atlas (2010)
- Awareness Training and Monitoring of Aboriginal Fishermen on How To Proceed With the Endangered Marine Life of the Saint Lawrence (2008/09)
- Collection of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge on the Endangered Marine Life of the Saint Lawrence River (2007/08)
- Awareness Workshops on Endangered Marine Mammals (2007/08)
- Awareness Workshops on Reporting Sightings of Endangered Species and the Proper Handling of Fish By-catch (2007)