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Get Out Migration, Broughton Archipelago to Victoria, April 22-May 9, 2010 March 24, 2010 04:27:06 Posted By Trish Hall Alexandra Morton and Salmon Are Sacred are organizing an epic coastal walk and rally. Bringing communities together in a spring migration to remember. Folks will be walking in from the coast and the interior of BC…

Coalitions Issue Media Release re. Cohen Inquiry into Fraser sockeye September 22, 2010 08:14:01 Posted By Trish Hall The Conservation and Aquaculture Coalitions for the Cohen Inquiry into the decline of Fraser sockeye have issued the media release Participants in sockeye Judicial Inquiry demanding salmon farm companies release critical disease, sea lice and stocking information. …

Environmentalists and bottom trawl industry develop innovative measures to improve fishery March 28, 2012 10:44:12 Posted By Trish Hall In the press release Long-time adversaries find common ground to protect and reduce impacts on corals, sponges and deep-sea habitats, it was announced “For decades, British Columbia environmentalists have clashed with the groundfish bottom trawl fishing…

On April 12th, 2016, members of the salmon committee visited Ottawa to introduce our group and provide advice to the new fisheries minister, the Honourable Hunter Tootoo. Along with our introduction letter, the MCC provided nine recommendations as listed below: 1. Commission an independent report on progress towards implementation of Cohen Commission recommendations (Cohen recommendation 75). 2. (a) Dedicate the resources to ensure full, robust WSP implementation (Cohen rec. 6); (b) hire an Associate Regional Director responsible for WSP implementation (Cohen rec. 4); and (c) provide sufficient resources to meet monitoring, assessment, and stakeholder engagement objectives. 3. Establish an independent body of experts on Pacific salmon, appointed by the Minister, to provide reports on the status of Canada’s wild Pacific salmon populations and whether they are being managed in a manner consistent with federal policies, international commitments, and public expectations. 4. Revise and apply salmon farming siting criteria developed through meaningful consultation with First Nations and stakeholders and an independent scientific peer review process (Cohen rec. 15-­‐17). 5. Develop a stock monitoring and assessment plan and make it available to the public (along with relevant science and research as per Cohen rec. 73) through a central, independent repository, similar to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Skeena Salmon Program. 6. (a) Require the Strategic Framework for Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting be fully implemented within two years; and (b) review the role, membership, and funding of the Monitoring & Compliance Panel. 7. Establish formal arrangements with other government agencies (federal and provincial) responsible for monitoring ecosystems and habitats and integrate them into WSP implementation and climate change monitoring programs….

Whistler Pique, January 27, 2016 by Brandon Barret Internal memos acquired through an Access to Information request suggest that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) misinformed the public over the sudden closure of a commercial fishery in Squamish this summer, the Watershed Watch Salmon Society claims. “The media, the public, stakeholders, everybody had been purposefully misled…