Fisheries committee  There's a whole cast of characters who come around the west coast, including tho ones you speak of. We've created a process of engaging under certain ethical parameters so that the money they put into the system isn't creating too much influence towards their own personal agenda

Fisheries committee  It's a fantastic program that's being led primarily by Ecotrust Canada. It's a chain-of-custody program in which you essentially have a bar code. The guy or the gal who fishes the fish tags the fish. It has a bar code, and it travels through the chain of custody to the consumer.

Fisheries committee  We have the “mosquito fleet” on the west coast, meaning small vessels. Our source-based fishery has become non-viable because of the clear-cut logging of the salmon-spawning grounds. That's the quick answer. Our traditional way of fishing was made illegal for many years, and it

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I would say 40%, if I had to give a quick answer on that.

Fisheries committee  Yes, 40% is commercial.

Fisheries committee  The Man and the Biosphere Programme is a global initiative by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Every country domesticates the international programs it its own way.

Fisheries committee  Yes, there is the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. We have 18 biosphere reserves across Canada. The most recently created one is in the Northwest Territories, called Tsá Tué. It is the only biosphere reserve in the world that was completely led by indigenous peoples. Where I'm fr

Fisheries committee  Yes, I think one thing you could look at is UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme. Look at biosphere reserves. They have a core protected area and then zones of sustainable use. It's very similar to the approach to the Great Bear Rainforest, where you have conservancies and, e

Fisheries committee  Yes, the substructure underneath those various jurisdictions that aren't really communicating with each other very well is the Constitution. For example, in Mi'kmaq country, they're apprehensive about marine protected areas. They have terrestrial protected areas and then they h

Fisheries committee  I think we could stimulate the economy by investing in ecosystem restoration. Put a lot of money into ecosystem restoration and stand down on interception activities. I know that will be hard to swallow for a lot of people. I wouldn't go so far as to recommend a moratorium. The t

Fisheries committee  I would say that I don't know if you need more studies, but you need more engagement with the various peoples. The way I would answer your question is to say that through various technologies such as the fish weir.... My great-grandmother taught me about the fish weir. Her name

Fisheries committee  Well, if you say my community, I would say Nuu-chah-nulth is a bit of a prickly one because we had our Nuu-chah-nulth court case, and it hasn't yet been honoured. My chiefs and my elders say that we do want DFO to come back to meet with us and actually give life to the court deci

Fisheries committee  I think it could spill over. I had the benefit of being invited to Halifax for a presentation by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the Mi'kmaq peoples. The language being used was that of consultation and accommodation. That's outdated language in the post-Chilcotin lega

Fisheries committee  Yes, from an indigenous people's and local community's perspective the kinds of marine protected areas that are most desirable would be those that have a balanced perspective on sustainable livelihoods. Within the area wherever you're creating the marine protected area, in a Can