Fisheries committee  Good morning, everyone, from Kamloops, British Columbia. Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here today. I have some opening points. There is a major problem in front of us. To align with some of what Mr. Zeman said, what we are currently doing is not working for ou

Fisheries committee  I think that's a giant question, Mr. Hardie. In summary, the ocean is changing from what we have been used to. Mr. Walters spoke to that to some degree and would probably be able to give more in-depth comment. Some of the herring populations are in decline and some are doing we

Fisheries committee  I can build on what Mr. Hill has used for his response. It is about taking action. We have lots of plans on the shelf. They are acted on in components that are convenient, generally in the short term and not funded for the duration and for the completeness that we need to be ab

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, if there is a little bit more time, another piece I'd like to highlight is the need for the federal and provincial governments to co-operate. While the federal government has a mandate for salmon, the provincial government has the constitutional authority for land an

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Johns. I would say, just to preface my response, that there are some situations in which there is a critical urgency because of the state of the populations. The Big Bar problem has highlighted some of those things. There were problems of that nat

Fisheries committee  I'm very pleased to see the work that's going on this summer. They are ready for when the fish get there. The fish are having trouble because of the naturally high water, but they're in a good place right now. What I am not sure about, and will have some concern over until I am

Fisheries committee  Mr. Fast, I would suggest that one of the recommendations from Cohen was around having an associate RDG position that would be responsible for implementing the findings. One of the challenges that DFO has is the integration of a lot of the good work that happens within the depar

Fisheries committee  Mr. Hardie, there are a couple of things I would add to that. One is that, at the Pacific Salmon Foundation, we do have a platform that is on the way to being able to do that. You can use this thing called the Pacific salmon explorer to see habitat pressures broadly. It doesn't

Fisheries committee  So the targets are really important. I have to emphasize that British Columbia is a key part of the equation. DFO has management authority for salmon and salmon habitat. B.C. manages land and water. Those are the same thing, and they have to co-operate to get the outcomes we ne

Fisheries committee  No. It's like saying, “What's the most important thing for human health? Do I need water, air or food?” You're not whole and you're not healthy unless you have it all.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the committee for inviting me today. As a reminder, I have appeared before you previously. I'm the vice-president for salmon with the Pacific Salmon Foundation. We thank this committee for your study on the state of Pacific salmon and the

Fisheries committee  I'll try to give a brief answer to that, Mr. Arnold. Yes, it would be useful, but it should also be understood that the one thing that hasn't been done, the main thing that hasn't been done out of the four phases that were planned, was the challenge study, whereby essentially fi

Fisheries committee  The Pacific Salmon Foundation and I personally and professionally believe very strongly that there's a scientific basis for that transition. One thing it would be useful for this committee to appreciate is that the recent findings from the DFO review on the nine risk assessment

Fisheries committee  Was that for me, Mr. Arnold?

Fisheries committee  Thank you. I spent about 25 years working with DFO before I joined the PSF two years ago. My portfolio was within the side of DFO that manages hatcheries and habitat. I believe strongly that hatcheries are an important and appropriate tool, but they're not a magic silver bulle