Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. I appreciate it. Our first initiative would be to get the baseline data and the information on the population—that's what we want to do—and then determine if they're overpopulated. I don't think we have that information at this point. If there was a s

Fisheries committee  It's pretty vast. On the Fraser main stem, when I fish, it doesn't take long before they accompany me to my net. Then, they're harvesting on their own. Whenever we get opportunities, they are front and centre. They are very smart animals. They know the sound of boats and they kno

Fisheries committee  That's the kind of work we would love to be able to do on behalf of Canada, B.C. and our nations to determine why they are there, number one. My assumption is that they are following food, just like us. If we find a food source, we're going to follow it. I think that is what they

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to all, and thanks for the invitation. My name is Murray Ned. I am the executive director of the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, and I have been with the organization since its inception in 2010. We currently have a small program staff of

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Hardie. The short answer is we don't know what the long-term effects are. The reason we don't is there wasn't a really good plan from our respective federal and provincial governments. We're only now trying to open the door to that baseline inform

Fisheries committee  Forestry certainly isn't my background, Mr. Hardie, but I do understand that all things are connected. When we have forest fires like we have had in the past, those are long-term, lasting effects, and letsemot, which I mentioned earlier, means everything is connected. We have to

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Ms. Barron. You've done a great job with the second attempt. Thank you for acknowledging the name. It has a long history behind it. Tyrone spoke about UNDRIP and reconciliation. I would suggest that the governments are challenged with trying to implement it. I think

Fisheries committee  I heard the question loud and clear. It's regarding the Lower Fraser Collaborative Table. I would adjust your question. It's not a formal agreement with Canada, but a collaboration of the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance and 23 first nations. It also includes eight recreational st

Fisheries committee  Yes, absolutely. It's an extension of the terms of reference and it gives us guidance on how we'll work together for fish moving forward between now and the next three to five years.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to speak today. My ancestral name is Kwilosintun. My English name is Murray Ned. I'm the executive director of the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance. We are an alliance of 30 first nations along the lower Fraser River who work together to