CP32-93-2012-3-eng.pdf

Contents
My mandate to encourage broad co-operation among stakeholders..........................................2
Causes of the decline.......................................................................................................................3
DFO’s role in managing the fishery.................................................................................................3
DFO’s role in the decline..................................................................................................................4
Recommendations...........................................................................................................................4
The uncertain future.........................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Recommendations............................................................................................................ 7
The minister’s ultimate decision-making authority......................................................................7
DFO’s responsibility to conserve wild sockeye salmon stocks...................................................10
DFO’s mandate in relation to wild fish............................................................................10
DFO’s obligations in relation to net-pen salmon farms.................................................11
Implementation of the Wild Salmon Policy.................................................................................12
Implementation plan........................................................................................................13
Wild Salmon Policy fund..................................................................................................13
New position of associate regional director general ......................................................14
Strategies 1 to 4..................................................................................................................15
Management of salmon farms.......................................................................................................17
Fish health data from salmon farms................................................................................18
Minimizing risks and uncertainty ...................................................................................20
What is the likelihood of harm occurring...............................................................20
Is the potential harm serious or irreversible...........................................................21
Do current management measures ensure that the risk of serious or
irreversible harm is minimal....................................................................................22
Could further reasonable and cost-effective measures be employed..................23
Salmonid enhancement facilities.................................................................................................26
Fish health management at salmonid enhancement facilities......................................26
Interactions between Fraser River sockeye and enhanced salmon..............................27
Management of the wild fishery....................................................................................................29
Integrated Fisheries Management Plan ..........................................................................29
Escapement target planning............................................................................................30
Fraser River temperature and flow monitoring..............................................................31
In-season management....................................................................................................31
Test-fishing program..................................................................................................31
Funding of hydroacoustic facilities...........................................................................32
Selective fishing..........................................................................................................33
Fisheries monitoring and catch reporting................................................................33
Stock assessment...............................................................................................................36
Definition of food, social, and ceremonial fishing.........................................................37
Share-based management................................................................................................38
In-river demonstration fisheries......................................................................................39
Transparency in the reallocation of the commercial Fraser River sockeye
salmon fishery...................................................................................................................42
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