Pacific Region Integrated Fisheries Management Plan Salmon Southern Bc
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PACIFIC REGION INTEGRATED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLAN SALMON SOUTHERN BC JUNE 1, 2014 TO MAY 31, 2015 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 ......................................................................................................6 INDEX OF WEB-BASED INFORMATION ..............................................................................8 FOREWORD................................................................................................................................11 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................15 1.1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................15 1.2. History ...................................................................................................................15 1.3. Type of Fishery and Participants .......................................................................15 1.4. Location of Fishery ..............................................................................................15 1.5. Fishery Characteristics ........................................................................................16 1.6. Governance ...........................................................................................................18 1.7. Consultation..........................................................................................................21 1.8. Approval Process .................................................................................................21 2. STOCK ASSESSMENT, SCIENCE AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ............................................................................................................................22 2.1. Biological Synopsis ...............................................................................................22 2.2. Ecosystem Interactions ........................................................................................23 2.3. Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge /Traditional Ecological Knowledge .......24 2.4. Stock Assessment .................................................................................................25 2.5. Data Sources .........................................................................................................27 2.6. Precautionary Approach .....................................................................................27 2.7. Research ................................................................................................................28 3. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE ........................................29 3.1. Aboriginal Participation ......................................................................................29 3.2. Recreational Sector ..............................................................................................30 3.3. Commercial Sector ...............................................................................................32 3.4. Processing Sector .................................................................................................35 3.5. Export Market ......................................................................................................36 4. MANAGEMENT ISSUES .................................................................................................37 4.1. Conservation .........................................................................................................37 4.2. International Commitments ................................................................................37 4.2.1. Pacific Salmon Treaty ..........................................................................................37 4.3. Oceans and Habitat Considerations ...................................................................39 4.3.1. Oceans Act ............................................................................................................39 4.3.2. Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area ..........................................40 4.3.3. Marine Protected Area Networks .......................................................................40 4.3.4. Marine Protected Areas ......................................................................................40 4.3.5. National Marine Conservation Areas ................................................................41 4.3.6. Marine National Wildlife Areas .........................................................................42 4.3.7. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife Species Assessments .........43 4.3.8. Species at Risk Act ...............................................................................................43 4.3.9. Whale, Turtle and Basking Shark Sightings .....................................................46 4.3.10. Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whales ...............................................46 Marine Mammal Management Plans ...............................................................................48 2014/2015 Salmon Integrated Fisheries Management Plan Southern BC Page 2 of 223 4.3.11. Environment Canada Assessing the Impact of Salmon Gill Net Fishing on local Seabird Populations ..................................................................................................49 4.3.12. Aquaculture Management...................................................................................50 4.3.13. Salmonid Enhancement Program ......................................................................51 4.3.14. Fishing Vessel Safety............................................................................................53 5. OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................................53 5.1. Fishery Management Objectives for Stocks of Concern ..................................53 6. ACCESS AND ALLOCATION ........................................................................................63 6.1. International Objectives ......................................................................................63 6.2. Domestic Allocation Objectives ..........................................................................64 6.3. First Nations Objectives ......................................................................................64 6.4. Recreational and Commercial Objectives .........................................................65 6.5. Allocation Guidelines ...........................................................................................65 6.6. First Nations - Food, Social and Ceremonial (FSC) .........................................66 6.7. First Nations Economic Opportunity and Inland Demonstration Fisheries ..66 6.8. Recreational Fisheries .........................................................................................66 6.9. Commercial Fisheries ..........................................................................................66 6.10. Excess Salmon to Spawning Requirements Fisheries .......................................67 7. DECISION GUIDELINES AND SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES ............67 7.1. General Decision Guidelines ...............................................................................68 7.2. AABM Chinook Decision Guidelines .................................................................71 7.3. ISBM Chinook Decision Guidelines ...................................................................75 7.4. ABM Coho Decision Guidelines .........................................................................81 7.5. Fraser River Sockeye Decision Guidelines ........................................................85 7.6. Barkley Sound Sockeye Decision Guidelines ...................................................103 7.7. Okanagan Sockeye Decision Guidelines ..........................................................106 7.8. Johnstone Strait Chum Decision Guidelines ...................................................107 7.9. Fraser River Chum Decision Guidelines .........................................................110 7.10. Area 14 Chum Decision Guidelines ..................................................................113 7.11. Area 16 Chum Decision Guidelines ..................................................................116 7.12. Area 17 Chum Decision Guidelines ..................................................................117 7.13. Area 18 Chum Decision Guidelines ..................................................................118 7.14. Area 19 Chum Decision Guidelines ..................................................................120 7.15. Nitinat Chum Decision Guidelines ...................................................................121 7.16. Nootka Chum Decision Guidelines ...................................................................124 7.17. Nimpkish Chum Decision Guidelines ..............................................................126 7.18. Limited Effort Terminal Chum Decision Guidelines .....................................127 7.19. Fraser River Pink Decision Guidelines