FU LL
by invitation only
Friday
May 23, 2008
10 am–3:30 pm
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver campus
Harbour Centre building
Room 7000
515 West Hastings
For more information, email
cs-science@sfu.ca or telephone
778-782-5466.
Hosted by:
Watching out for BC’s Wild Salmon
Watershed Watch Salmon
Society
Linking Science with Local
Knowledge Working Group
Centre for Coastal Studies, SFU
Continuing Studies in Science,
SFU
Facilitator: Craig Orr,
Executive Director, Watershed
Watch Salmon Society
A Think Tank on Transferable
Shares in the Salmon Fishery
A special seminar of the Speaking for the Salmon Series
10 am –12:30 pm | Opening presentations
Terry Glavin, author and consultant
Dan Lane, Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Joseph Taylor, former fisherman; Canada Research Chair in History and Geography, SFU
12:30–1 pm | Lunch (provided)
1–3:30 | Think Tank Discussion
Focus questions:
• Can transferable shares improve catch compliance (reduce overfishing), catch monitoring,
and stock assessment?
• Can transferable shares reduce unintended biological (e.g., by-catch) and habitat impacts?
• Can transferable shares improve safety?
• Can transferable shares lead to better overall performance (biological, management,
economic)?
• Do transferable shares make it prohibitively expensive to enter the fishery?
• Does catch share management lead to excessive concentration of fishing privileges in the
hands of just a few owners?
• What do transferable shares mean in terms of First Nation fisheries and the PICFI process?
• Would transferable shares provide a better chance of achieving the conservation
objectives of the Wild Salmon Policy?
• What can a share fishery contribute in terms of carbon credits?
Background Materials:
Glavin, T. 2007. Transferable Shares in British Columbia’s Commercial Salmon Fishing Industry.
Lane, D. 2007. Pacific Salmon Sharing: Some Thoughts.
Commercial Salmon Advisory Board Report on Score Process.
Sustaining America’s Fisheries and Fishing Communities: An Evaluation of Incentive-Based
Fisheries Management. Environmental Defense, 2007. New York.
Cont in uin g S t u d i e s i n S ci en ce
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science