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The business owners observed that \"les vents et les tempêtes se sont aggravés\", making navigation dangerous, while \"le réchauffement de l’eau et le rétrécissement de la couverture de glace hivernale sur le lac\" negatively impacted fish populations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000075#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The lake cisco (corégone) population declined significantly, shifting the catch composition. In 2012, catches shifted from a baseline of 24-32 ciscoes and 4-6 lake trout (touladi) to 6-10 ciscoes and 22-28 lake trout. By 2018, catches dropped further to \"seulement 1 à 3 corégones et 18 à 26 touladis\".","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000075#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Invasive species and algae proliferation disrupted the local ecosystem. The zebra mussel is identified as an \"espèce envahissante qui cause beaucoup de dommages dans les Grands Lacs\" by removing plankton and depriving native fish of food. 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Risks include mass flooding, wildfires, rising ocean levels, and threats to food security caused by rising atmospheric and ocean temperatures that reduce the productivity of the ocean.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000126#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Ahousaht Stewardship Guardians apply traditional knowledge for active climate intervention. During the 2021 heatwave, the program moved juvenile coho salmon from warm, shallow pools into deeper areas of the Bedwell River to protect them from lethal temperatures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000126#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document argues that the preservation of Indigenous languages is a necessary response to climate change because these languages carry the culture, law, and ecological knowledge required for stewardship. 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