SPEAKING FOR THE SALMON
TOWN HALL MEETING
GETTING THE MISSING FISH STORY STRAIGHT: PART II
A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ON FRASER SOCKEYE SALMON
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005 8 AM–6 PM
MORRIS J. WOSK CENTRE FOR DIALOGUE
SFU VANCOUVER, 580 WEST HASTINGS STREET
THIS TOWN HALL MEETING
AMONG THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED ARE:
OFFERS A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
ON FRASER SOCKEYE SALMON.
•
Fraser River Sockeye—Problems, Discrepancies
and Challenges. A comparison of the 1994 Fraser
Sockeye Review Board and the 2004 Salmon
Fishery Post-Season Review.
•
Information Challenges and Salmon Management
Policy and Capacity. Climate change, environmental
monitoring, stock assessment and catch monitoring,
enforcement.
•
Moving Forward: How, Why, Where, When and Who?
TO VIEW PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 1995 MEETING (PART I)
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT THE ADDRESS BELOW.
HOSTED BY
Continuing Studies in Science, Simon Fraser University
SPONSORED BY
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE:
Canadian Fishing Company
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
•
What are the obstacles and challenges to preserving
biodiversity and what tools are available?
Oceans Fisheries Ltd.
•
What are the goals of the Wild Salmon Policy?
REDL Sports Distributors
•
How can we structure a more efficient and effective
management system for Fraser sockeye?
•
How can we rebuild and maintain capacity to
manage Fraser sockeye?
•
Where should the responsibility and authority lie for
the protection of Fraser salmon for the people of BC?
J.S. McMillan Fisheries Ltd.
Sierra Club of Canada, BC Chapter
Simon Fraser University
The Centre for Coastal Studies
cGRASP (Consortium for Genomic Research on All
Salmonids Project)
Dean of Arts and Social Sciences
Dean of Science
The Linking Science and Local Knowledge node
of the Ocean Management Research Network
Watershed Watch Salmon Society
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science/salmon.htm
SPEAKINGFORTHESALMONTOWNHALLMEETING
GETTING THE MISSING FISH STORY STRAIGHT: PART II
A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ON FRASER SOCKEYE SALMON
AGENDA
STEERING COMMITTEE
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME
Patricia Gallaugher
Director, Continuing Studies in Science and the
Centre for Coastal Studies, Simon Fraser University
7:00 AM
Registration and coffee
8:00 AM
Welcome and Opening
Arnie Narcisse
Chair, BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission
Craig Orr
Executive Director, Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Brian Riddell
Division Head, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems,
Science Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
Rick Routledge
Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Simon Fraser
University (member of Fraser Sockeye Review Board,
1994)
MODERATORS
Barry Stuart
Dialogue Associate, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
John Borrows
Chair, Aboriginal Justice and Governance, Faculty of
Law, University of Victoria
John Borrows, Workshop Moderator
Michael Stevenson, President, Simon Fraser University
Special Presentation to Centre for Coastal Studies by The
Honourable Iona Campagnolo, Lieutenant Governor of British
Columbia and Moderator of Getting the Missing Fish Story
Part One, 1995
PART I IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM(S)
The Honourable Stephen Owen, Minister of State and
Western Economic Diversification
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Fraser River Sockeye — Problems, Discrepancies and
Challenges. The findings of the 1994 Fraser River Sockeye
Review Board and the 2004 Southern Salmon Fishery Post
Season Review (please see website to view these documents)
John Fraser, Chair, 1994 Fraser River Sockeye Review Board
and Chair, BC Pacific Salmon Forum
Gerry Kristianson, Member, 2004 Southern Salmon Fishery
Post-Season Review Board and Commissioner, Pacific
Salmon Commission
Craig Orr, Member, 2004 Southern Salmon Fishery PostSeason Review Board and Executive Director, Watershed
Watch Salmon Society
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Open Discussion
Panelists will be joined by members of GMFSS Steering
Committee, Arnie Narcisse, Brian Riddell, Rick Routledge,
Craig Orr
• What are the similarities, differences?
• What are the common issues?
• What other factors have changed over the decade?
• Is there adequate funding over the long term to do
the job? If not, how can we change the situation?
• Is this simply a monetary problem?
GETTING THE MISSING FISH STORY STRAIGHT: PART II
A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ON FRASER SOCKEYE SALMON
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
3. Management, Process and Enforcement
10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Information Challenges and Salmon Management Policy and
Capacity (Each issue discussed briefly by a panel followed by
Dialogue)
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
1. Climate change, environmental monitoring and salmon
management
• Are salmon (and our management regimes) capable
of adapting to climate change?
• Are we taking an ecosystem-based approach?
• Given the uncertainty, is the approach precautionary?
Frank Whitney, NE Pacific Ocean and climate change
impacts, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dan Moore, Associate Professor, Departments of Geography,
and Forest Resources Management, University of British
Columbia
Scott Hinch, Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment
and Sustainability, and Department of Forest Sciences,
University of British Columbia
Mike Lapointe, Chief Biologist, Fishery Management,
Pacific Salmon Commission
Arnie Narcisse, Fisherman
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
2. Stock Assessment and Catch Monitoring
• What are the trends — capacity, partnership,
indicator stocks?
• How much can we expect from the data?
• Can we do the job?
• What are the obstacles?
• What are the communications, conflicts,
and relationships?
• What is the capacity?
Ernie Crey, Senior Policy Advisor, Sto:lo Tribal Council
Randy Nelson, Acting Director, Conservation and Protection,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Gerry Kristianson, Vice President, Fisheries, Sport Fishing
Institute of BC
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Lunch ICBC Concourse
PART II MOVING FORWARD
— HOW, WHY, WHERE, WHEN AND WHO?
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
1. Conservation of biodiversity
• Why is preserving biodiversity important?
• What are the obstacles/challenges?
• Are we prepared to sacrifice weak stocks?
• Do we have the capacity to assess?
• How do we address the trade offs between
cultural and ecological values and economic
opportunity?
John Reynolds, Professor, Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Blair Holtby, Head, Salmon Section,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (tbc)
Al Cass, Chair, Pacific Scientific Advice Review Committee
and Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ken Wilson, Stock Assessment Coordinator,
Fraser First Nation
Dave Coutlee, Program Manager, Nicola Watershed
Stewardship and Fisheries Authority, Nicola Tribal
Association
John Pierce, Professor, Geography and Dean of Arts
and Social Sciences, Simon Fraser University
John Brajcich, Capilano Fishing Ltd.
Rick Routledge, Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
GETTING THE MISSING FISH STORY STRAIGHT: PART II
A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ON FRASER SOCKEYE SALMON
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
2. Fraser sockeye management
4. Where should the responsibility and authority for the
protection of the Fraser sockeye lie?
• How can we structure a more efficient and effective
management system for Fraser sockeye?
Arnie Narcisse, Chair, BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission
Bert Ionson, Acting Regional Resource Management
Coordinator, Salmon, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Rob Morley, Vice-President, Canadian Fishing Company,
and Past Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada
The Honourable David Anderson
Chief Doug Kelly, First Nations Summit and Soowahlie First
Nation
Terry Glavin, Fisheries Writer and Researcher and
Marine Conservation Advisor, Sierra Club of Canada,
BC Chapter
Craig Orr, Executive Director, Watershed Watch Salmon
Society
5:45 PM – 6:15 PM
Bill Otway, President, Sportfishing Defence Alliance
Wrap Up and Open Discussion
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Break
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
3. Capacity
• How can we rebuild and maintain capacity to manage
Fraser sockeye?
Marcel Shepert, Council Member, Pacific Fisheries
Resource Conservation Council and Executive Director
of the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat and
Coordinator of the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation
Alliance
Brian Riddell, Division Head, Salmon and Freshwater,
Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Paul Kariya, Executive Director, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Steve Martell, Modelling, Fisheries Centre, University of
British Columbia
Paul Sprout, Regional Director General, Pacific Region,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
6:15 PM
Reception
GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION IN DIALOGUE
Purpose These guidelines, developed by the Workshop
Steering Committee, are designed to:
• Create opportunities to maximize participation
• Foster a safe place for dialogue
• Enable vigorous differences to surface without
disrespecting anyone
• Promote an open and full exchange of information/ideas
• Generate an environment of shared learning
Context for Dialogue
• All sessions involve two parts
1. 5 minute presentations (kept short to initiate dialogue)
2. Open-mic dialogue
• All proceedings will be taped
Guidelines
• Panelists respect time by keeping presentations to 5 mins
• Participants respect time through concise comments and
questions
• Participants identify themselves when speaking
• Participants listen and speak with respect
• Participants try to find a good way to say difficult things
• Let there be humour, where we explore tough issues
together, in a good way, with a spirit of learning, creating a
healthy and constructive learning environment
• If there are any questions/concerns please bring them to
facilitators
• Thank you and Meegwetch
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