Furbearer Management

Other Programs

• Manitoba Conservation and the Manitoba Trappers Association continued to partner on trapper education programs, with over 202 students passing the mandatory trapper education exam in 2008/09.
• Manitoba Conservation continued to review the Furbearer Management Policy with staff and the stakeholders, including the Manitoba Trappers Association.

Over the next year, Manitoba Conservation will:

• Provide workshops on Predator Removal and Non-lethal Beaver Management.
• Work with other agencies to assist and educate trappers and producers on predator management.
• Meet with more local fur councils and communities to review the “Furbearer Management Policy, 2001.”
• Partner with the Manitoba Trappers Association to update the Trapper Education manual.
• Work with the Fur Institute of Canada and the other provinces and territories to harmonize implementation of the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards in 2008/09
• Establish new fee structures for trapping licences and royalties that would be comparable with the other provinces.
• Review the administration of the Trapper Education Program.