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Fishery: British Columbia Pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and Chum (Oncorhynchus keta) Salmon Fisheries (7 fisheries)
Status:
The certification body, TAVEL Certification Inc, has announced that the fisheries have entered full assessment. Initially TAVEL seeks to open a dialogue with all organisations or individuals with a direct interest in the fishery.
Anyone wishing to provide comments or information to the assessment process (relevant to the status of the stock, ecosystem interactions or fishery management practices) is invited to contact Mr Steve Devitt.
TAVEL has also put forward nominations for the fishery assessment team that will be responsible for assessing the fisheries against the MSC Standard.
Any stakeholder wishing to provide comments on the suitability or otherwise of any of the nominees is invited to contact Mr Steven Devitt no later than 5pm GMT, 25 January 2008.
Please refer to the downloads section for further information, including a brief CV of assessment team nominees.
Last updated: 10 January 2008
Location:
Canadian Pacific EEZ and British Columbia Coastal Waters
Pink Salmon
North Coast/ Central Coast British Columbia
Mainland Inlet
Fraser River
Chum Salmon
North Coast/ Central Coast British Columbia
Inside Fisheries
West Coast Vancouver Island
Fraser River
Fishing Method:
Seine, troll, gillnet
Management:
The salmon fisheries are managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – Pacific Region. The Fisheries and Oceans mandate includes responsibility for the conservation and sustainable use of Canada's fisheries resources.
Salmon fisheries management for all salmon fisheries (First Nation, Commercial and Recreational) in British Columbia is conducted within the framework of an interannual management cycle.
There are detailed fishery management plans for all salmon fisheries in BC including First Nations, commercial and recreational. These plans describe the policy framework of the fisheries, the objectives of the management plan, decision guidelines and specific management measures as well as the fishing plans for the First nations, commercial and recreational fisheries.
Licence conditinos and commercial fishing plans lay out all the fishery management measures including seasons, closed areas, allowable gear characteristics such as hook styles, mesh size, net dimensions and the methods by which gear may be used.
In 2007, for all fishing areas province wide, the three commercial gear types harvested 11,131 tonnes of pink (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and 4,100 tonnes of chum (oncorhynchus keta) salmon.
Main Commercial market:
Worldwide
Assessment process:
The assessment process is expected to take 12 months. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
Client:
Canadian Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Society
C/o BC Seafood Alliance
1100-1200 West 73 Ave
Vancouver, BC
V6P 6G5
Contact: Christina Burridge
cburridge@telus.net
Certification body:
Steve Devitt
TAVEL Certification Inc.
815 - 99 Wyse Road
Dartmouth, NS,
Canada
B3A 4S5
Tel: +1 902 422-4511
Fax: +1 902 422-9780
Mobile: 1 902 497-4586
E-mail: sdevitt@tavelcertify.com
Web: www.tavelcertify.com |
