Baffin Fisheries Appoints new President

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Baffin Fisheries Appoints New President
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Sept. 6, 2024 – Baffin Fisheries is pleased to announce the appointment of Kavavow Mikijuk as President of Niqitaq Fisheries and Baffin Fisheries, effective September 3, 2024. Kavavow has served as Crewing Manager for Baffin Fisheries for eight years and has more than 17 years experience in the fishing industry, particularly with the Nunavut Fishing Marine Training Consortium.
“We are thrilled to have Kavavow join the senior executive team,” said Baffin Fisheries Board Chair Kelly Kilabuk. “Kavavow brings a wealth of experience from the crewing side and vessel operations, and he will be well supported and mentored as he takes on more and more responsibilities in this leadership role. I look forward to Kavavow guiding the Company and enhancing our Inuit corporate culture as Baffin Fisheries grows and prospers.”
Kavavow will continue to be based in Iqaluit, where he will prioritize the expansion of the Nunavut team of managers and support staff.
“I am happy to accept the role and excited to continue working with management and the board,” Kavavow said. “I look forward to helping achieve the goals and opportunities ahead for Baffin Fisheries, and helping the company maximize benefits for our Inuit owners.”
Baffin Fisheries is currently recruiting a Nunavut crewing manager, vessel oilers, ship’s stewards, and administrative support for the Iqaluit office. Further details are available on the recruitment section of the Company website www.baffinfisheries.ca
Background
Baffin Fisheries was incorporated on Nov. 6, 2001. Today the Company is the leading commercial fishing enterprise in Northern Canada, harvesting more than 10,000 tonnes of Greenland Halibut (turbot) and cold-water shrimp annually. Baffin Fisheries’ wholly owned subsidiary Baffin Seafood ApS markets its products around the world.
BF is owned by five Inuit Hunters and Trappers Associations: Amarok HTA (Iqaluit), Pangnirtung HTA (Pangnirtung), Mayukalik HTA (Kimmirut), Mittimatalik HTA (Pond Inlet), and Nangmautaq HTA (Clyde River). The Company has offices in Iqaluit, Paradise NL, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet, and Clyde River. BF holds a 32% minority share in Pangnirtung Fisheries Ltd.
Health, Safety and Environment Statement
Baffin Fisheries considers effective safety to be of the utmost importance to its business. The objective of our company Health, Safety and Environmental (HS&E) Program is to prevent all workplace accidents, injuries and illness, and to promote health, safety and the protection of the environment in every task undertaken by employees on behalf of the company.
Employee Development
Baffin Fisheries firmly believes that in addition to the revenue generated directly by the harvest of the resource, the training, recruitment, and employment of staff contributes an important benefit to local communities. It is the aim of Baffin Fisheries to have skilled Nunavummiut throughout all levels of operations.

For information, please contact:
Kavavow Mikijuk, President
[email protected]
or
Chris Flanagan, CEO
[email protected]
www.baffinfisheries.ca

 

ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅᑕᐅᒥᑦ
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒻᒪᑕ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᒥᑭᔾᔪᒻᒥᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖑᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕿᑕᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᓰᑏᑉᐱᕆ 3, 2024−ᒥ. ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ 17−ᓄᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒦᔅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ.
“ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᓕᕐᖓᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑲᐅᑎᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥᒧ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᔅᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓ ᑭᐊᓕ ᕿᓚᕝᕙ. “ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᓪᓗ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᓕᖏᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᓗᓂ. ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔪᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓐᓂ.”
ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓃᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔾᔨᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᖏᓪᓕᕚᓪᓕᑎᑦᑎᑲᓐᓂᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᓪᓗ.
“ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᖓ ᐊᖏᕋᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓂᐊᓕᖅᑕᕐᓂᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑐᖓᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑲᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕋᒪ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᓪᓗ,” ᖃᕙᕙᐅᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, “ᕿᓚᓈᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᑐᕌᒐᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓪᓗ, ᑲᒻᐸᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅᐹᖑᑎᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ.”
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᖅᑐᐸᓪᓕᐊᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ, ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᓂᓪᓗ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓪᓚᑦᑎᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᕕᖓᓐᓂ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᕆᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ www.baffinfisheries.ca
ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᖅ
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓅᕖᑉᐱᕆ 6−ᒥ, 2001. ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᖃᓗᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 10,000 ᑖᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᖃᓕᕋᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᑭᖑᑉᐸᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᕐᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ.
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ: ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ), ᐸᓂᖅᑑᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ (ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ), ᒪᔪᖅᑲᓕᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ (ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥ), ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ (ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒪᐅᑕᖅ (ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ). ᑲᒻᐸᓂ ᐊᓪᓚᕕᓕᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ, ᐱᐅᕋᑕᐃᔅ (Paradise) ᓅᐸᓪᓛᒃ ᓛᐸᑐᐊᒥ. ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᒥ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒐᐱᒻᒥᓪᓗ. ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ 32%−ᒥᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ.
ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᖅ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓂᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᒋᐊᖃᓐᖏᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᒪᓪᓚᕆᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᖏᑦ. ᑐᕌᒐᖏᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᖁᔭᐅᓇᓂ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᓐᖏᑦᑑᒦᓪᓗ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᓪᓗ (HS&E) ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᕐᕈᓗᐊᕿᖁᓇᒋᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑐᖃᖁᔨᓐᓇᓂ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᑦᑐᖃᖁᔨᓇᓂᓗ, ᐱᐅᔪᓃᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᒦᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.
ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᔅᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑉᐱᕆᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᖓᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐃᓯᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕙᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᔭᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᖅᑐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᑦᑎᐊᕐᖓᑕ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᑎᑦᑎᕙᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ. ᑐᕌᒐᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᔅᓴᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᕐᓂᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖃᖅᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ.
ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᔅᓴᐃᑦ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓲᑎᓂᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐆᒧᖓ
ᖃᕙᕙᐅ ᒥᑭᔾᔪᒃ
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