Fisheries committee  The sockeye catch for Cheam was on the order of roughly 20,000 pieces, or 100,000 pounds.

Fisheries committee  As a biologist, it doesn't really matter. I'm worried about the survival of the fish. Once they're out of the water and dead, they're not going to be able to reproduce.

Fisheries committee  As well as others, yes.

Fisheries committee  I've heard of them, but I have never witnessed them.

Fisheries committee  I don't need to answer that question. That's not a biology question, so I think others should answer that question.

Fisheries committee  A supervisor and coordinator work for the band, and I'm asked to come in and review some of the information, assist in design...[Technical difficulties—Editor]...and scientific questions.

Fisheries committee  These are done on an annual basis. They're on a year-by-year basis.

Fisheries committee  They're on the band payroll. The DFO program is under the aboriginal fisheries strategy funding program of DFO. The band receives funds, but they're on the band payroll.

Fisheries committee  Last year was the second full year. There were some initial attempts the year before that.

Fisheries committee  We're just starting the process of that right now. There's a fishery under way right now for chum salmon. Once that's finished, then we'll be in a position to review the entire season's program.

Fisheries committee  No problem.

Fisheries committee  A monitoring program has been in place for the last couple of years. Each of the fishers is observed on the water, and a large sample of them are interviewed as they offload the fish.

Fisheries committee  By Cheam members of the fisheries program. Last year, there were DFO staff on site probably at least half the time, if not more. They were associated with the study we've been doing on the relative effectiveness of drift nets versus set nets. So there have been DFO staff on site

Fisheries committee  DFO keeps those records, and the Cheam staff have those records.