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Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River industry) were contributing to a decline in fishing opportunities, success rates, and value of the catch. DFO’s challenge was to conserve existing stocks and rebuild those that were at risk, while maintaining viable fisheries. The focus of this audit was to determine if the Pacific salmon fisheries were being managed to ensure the conservation of the resource base and the sustainability of the fisheries. It reviewed existing problems and actions taken by DFO to respond to the new management challenge in three major areas: • policy development and planning; • fisheries and information management; and • government-stakeholder consultations. Response: The government’s response was contained within the Auditor General’s Report. ________________________ Auditor General (2000). The objective of this audit was to determine whether DFO, as the department responsible for the conservation and protection of wild salmon stocks, was “meeting its obligations under the Fisheries Act, the Oceans Act and other legislation while participating in the regulation of the salmon farming industry in British Columbia.” The audit examined aspects of DFO’s regulatory role in this area, including its operational responses to current and emerging environmental and ecological problems posed by the industry. The audit did not include DFO’s salmon enhancement program. In order to focus on DFO’s need for compatibility of salmon-farming management with its core responsibilities for wild salmon management, the auditors asked three questions: • Has DFO identified and evaluated the effects of salmon farming on wild stock management by following a risk management plan • Has DFO formulated an action plan to deal with salmon farming, together with a strategy for its integration into the wild salmon management plan(s) to ensure consistency with the established principles of conservation and the precautionary approach • If such an action plan exists, is DFO implementing its elements Response: The government’s response was contained at the end of the Auditor General’s Report. ________________________ 40
Part Two • Previous reports and government responses Institute for Dispute Resolution (2001). In conjunction with DFO’s discussion paper, “A Framework for Improved Decision-Making in the Pacific Salmon Fishery,” the institute was appointed to organize a public consultation on key issues with a wide range of government and stakeholder groups, including DFO, the provincial government, local governments, First Nations, commercial fishers and processors, recreational fishers, community associations, environmental organizations, and academics. The independent review focused on three key aspects of salmon consultation processes in the Pacific Region: • annual salmon harvest management planning; • implementation issues associated with the Pacific Allocation and Licensing Board; and • the policy development process for issues related to salmon fisheries management. The institute consulted more than 350 individuals and organizations with an interest in the salmon industry. Response: According to DFO’s Recommendations and Responses, there was no formal, immediate response to this report. ________________________ Leggatt (2001). The David Suzuki Foundation established this independent inquiry in response to calls from the Auditor General of Canada and the Senate for public consultation and review. Stuart Leggatt, a retired BC Supreme Court judge, was appointed commissioner. He set his own terms of reference and guidelines. This “citizen’s inquiry” asked for community and public input on the salmon-farming industry, to help it formulate recommendations to be passed on to the prime minister of Canada, the premier of British Columbia, and the public. Response: The commission is not aware of any federal government response to this report. ________________________ Standing Committee (2003). Despite substantial runs of several species of salmon on the Fraser River, the BC commercial salmon-fishing fleet was effectively shut out of the fishery in the 2001 fishing season. Some sectors of the fleet had minimal openings, while others did not fish at all. Between 1998 and 2001, the commercial fishery was virtually shut down. The impact on the lives of the fishers and other workers who depend on the commercial fishery was devastating. At the request of concerned fishers, the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans conducted a study to determine why this shutdown 41
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