Good morning. Thank you for the question.
We have both pre-season and in-season processes to ensure engagement with all affected or interested users.
Pre-season, beginning early in the calendar year or in December, we begin our consultations on developing an integrated fisheries management plan for salmon. We are consulting with advisory bodies that include representatives of commercial and recreational harvesters and first nations. Over the months of the winter and the spring, we begin to develop a plan specific to sockeye in the Fraser. We have an obligation under the Pacific Salmon Treaty to develop an escapement plan. That plan defines how many fish we want to escape to spawning grounds and then the rules we will use to try to achieve that outcome.
Once the season arrives, an important body that plays a role in the management of both Fraser sockeye and pink salmon fisheries on the Fraser is the Fraser panel. This is a body convened under the Pacific Salmon Treaty with U.S. and Canadian representatives. On the Canadian side, we have representatives from commercial, recreational and first nations sectors, which we're consulting with to ensure that we're getting their feedback on how to make decisions as more data rolls in over the course of the season.