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Management Plan June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020 PACIFIC REGION DRAFT INTEGRATED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLAN JUNE 1, 2019 - MAY 31, 2020 SALMON SOUTHERN BC Genus Oncorhynchus This Integrated Fisheries Management Plan is intended for general purposes only. Where there is a discrepancy between the Plan and the Fisheries Act and Regulations, the Act and Regulations are the final authority. A description of Areas and Subareas referenced in this Plan can be found in the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007. TABLE OF CONTENTS DEPARTMENT CONTACTS ..................................................................................................... 15 INDEX OF WEB-BASED INFORMATION ............................................................................... 21 GLOSSARY AND LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................. 27 FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................ 30 NEW FOR 2019/2020 .................................................................................................................... 31 1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 37 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 37 1.2 History .................................................................................................................................... 37 1.3 Type of Fishery and Participants ........................................................................................ 37 1.4 Location of Fishery................................................................................................................ 38 1.5 Fishery Characteristics ......................................................................................................... 38 1.6 Governance ............................................................................................................................ 40 1.6.1 Policy Framework for the Management of Pacific Salmon Fisheries ............................. 40 1.6.2 First Nations and Canada’s Fisheries ................................................................................. 42 1.6.3 Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (PICFI) ............................................. 43 1.6.4 Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting .......................................................................... 44 1.7 Consultation on 2019/2020 ................................................................................................... 45 1.8 Approval Process .................................................................................................................. 46 2 STOCK ASSESSMENT, SCIENCE AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ............................................................................................................................. 47 2.1 Biological Synopsis ............................................................................................................... 47 2.2 Ecosystem Interactions ......................................................................................................... 50 2.2.1 Environmental Conditions Influencing 2019 Salmon Returns ........................................ 52 2.3 Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (ATK)/Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) 58 2.4 Stock Assessment .................................................................................................................. 59 2.5 Science Information Sources ................................................................................................ 61 2.6 Precautionary Approach ...................................................................................................... 62 2019/2020 Salmon Integrated Fisheries Management Plan – Southern BC Page 2 of 586 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.7 Research .................................................................................................................................. 62 3 SHARED STEWARDSHIP ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................ 65 4 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE .............................................. 67 4.1 Aboriginal Fisheries .............................................................................................................. 67 4.2 Recreational Fishery ............................................................................................................. 68 4.3 Commercial Fishery .............................................................................................................. 71 4.3.1 Harvest Sector ........................................................................................................................ 71 4.3.2 Processing Sector ................................................................................................................... 76 4.4 Export Market ........................................................................................................................ 77 5 MANAGEMENT ISSUES ................................................................................................... 82 5.1 Conservation .......................................................................................................................... 82 5.1.1 Wild Salmon Policy ............................................................................................................... 82 5.2 International Commitments ................................................................................................ 82 5.2.1 Pacific Salmon Treaty ........................................................................................................... 82 5.3 Oceans and Habitat Considerations ................................................................................... 85 5.3.1 Oceans Act .............................................................................................................................. 85 5.3.2 Canada’s Marine and Coastal Areas Conservation Mandate ......................................... 86 5.3.3 Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area........................................................... 87 5.3.4 Marine Protected Area Network Planning ........................................................................ 88 5.3.5 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) ......................................................................................... 88 5.3.6 National Marine Conservation Areas ................................................................................. 93 5.3.7 Marine National Wildlife Areas .......................................................................................... 97 5.3.8 Rockfish Conservation Areas .............................................................................................. 98 5.3.9 Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef Conservation Areas ................ 99 5.3.10 Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife Species Assessments ..................... 100 5.3.11 Species at Risk Act ............................................................................................................... 101 5.3.12 Whale, Turtle and Basking Shark Sightings .................................................................... 108 5.3.13 Resident Killer Whale ......................................................................................................... 109 2019/2020 Salmon Integrated Fisheries Management Plan – Southern BC Page 3 of 586 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.3.14 Environment Canada Assessing the Impact of Salmon Gill Net Fishing on Local Seabird Populations ........................................................................................................................... 113 5.3.15 Aquaculture Management ................................................................................................. 114 5.3.16 Salmonid Enhancement Program ..................................................................................... 115 5.3.17 Fishing Vessel Safety........................................................................................................... 117 6 FISHERY MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES FOR STOCKS OF CONCERN ................... 118 6.1 Lower Strait of Georgia Chinook ...................................................................................... 118 6.2 West Coast of Vancouver Island (WCVI) Chinook ........................................................ 118 6.3 Fraser Spring 42 Chinook ................................................................................................... 119 6.4 Fraser Spring 52 and Summer 52 Chinook ....................................................................... 120 6.5 Interior Fraser River Coho ................................................................................................. 121 6.6 Cultus Lake Sockeye ........................................................................................................... 124 6.7 Sakinaw Lake Sockeye........................................................................................................ 127 6.8 Nimpkish Sockeye .............................................................................................................. 128 6.9 Interior Fraser River Steelhead.......................................................................................... 129 6.10 Nimpkish Chum .................................................................................................................
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