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UINR’s Natural Resource Officer (NRO) program began in 2006, evolving out of the 1990 Unama’ki Guardian Program.

The original Guardian Program is managed by the individual bands. UINR’s NRO project will allow coordinated work plans and targeted training under our NRO Coordinator to ensure our enforcement and conservation goals succeed.

In an effort to increase Mi’kmaq involvement in enforcement, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and UINR established a pilot that trained two Mi’kmaq DFO officers, who have been assigned to the Unama’ki region to work in collaboration with UINR on issues of concern to our Mi’kmaq communities.