Sierra Club of Canada Annual Report 2005 B.C. Chapter

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Now, detailed logbooks are mandatory, and every vessel is required to carry either an on-board observer or be fitted out with cutting-edge camera technology that automatically records each fish hauled aboard the boat. The new regime will provide basic catch information necessary for successful implementation of total-allowable-catch limits. Now that the industry is on its way to full integration and catch-accountability, fisheries scientists and managers can focus on stock-status research and the work of setting sustainable catch limits. Our public service website Salmonopolis, targeted at stream-keepers and salmon stewards, has been especially successful in encouraging the reporting of habitat violations in salmon streams, each of which is given full legal analysis by our partners in this venture – the David Suzuki Foundation. Our major concern remains the precarious state of B.C.’s rockfish stocks. There are 34 species of rockfish that end up in the groundfish industry’s landings, and only half of them are protected by adequate catch limits. Groundfish Fisheries Reform We set the groundfish reform process in motion in 2001 with representatives of the halibut and groundfish trawl sectors. The reform process came close to fruition in 2005 with the development by industry of a Pilot Integration Proposal requiring 100% at-sea-monitoring and recording of every fish brought aboard, a procedure that significantly reduces by-catch. (Approval was gained in March 2006.) 10
Sustainable Seafood Canada As partners in a sustainable seafood choices campaign with Sustainable Seafood Canada - we have prepared a revised species list. Species are assigned a red/yellow/ or green assessment for,“Canada’s Seafood Guide”— a national citizen’s guide to safe and healthy seafood purchasing. Marine Use Planning and Marine Stewardship Council We continue to participate in the Marine Planning Caucus formulating strategy for stakeholder participation in the implementation of the Oceans Act (1997). This includes recommendations for delivery of a network of marine protected areas and for an effective marine planning process involving local, provincial, federal and First Nations governments, industry, environmentalists and others. We are also deeply involved in the work of the MSC. In 2005, we filed a submission regarding ecological concerns with the commercial halibut fishery, which was seeking (and since gained!) MSC certification. We also filed four major submissions analysing conservation standards of DFO assessments of B.C. sockeye fisheries seeking MSC certification, and will review the draft proposal for or against certification when it is completed. 11
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