The one principal change is that the Hunters and Trappers Organization no longer is responsible for hiring guides, scheduling dogteams and purchasing supplies
The way that Clyde's early sport hunts were first organized in 1987 is still the template that functions today. Nammautaq's members determine the number of permits from the overall quota that will be offered to non-Inuit hunters in a particular year. And clients are still located through the agency of southern Canadian brokers/wholesalers who retain a substantial portion, approximately 42%, of the fee paid by a visitor for a trophy hunt—or about $15,000 from the overall price of $35,000 paid to southern wholesalers.
Slide 14. On its face, it may appear to be a contradiction to link Inuit subsistence and the polar bear trophy hunting. The same can also be said about the sale of polar bear hides at fur auction by Inuit, if money is the only currency by which to measure the value of a polar bear.