Salmon Enhancement And Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB) Roundtable

Date: February 20, 2009

Area: Central Interior

Representative: Tracy Bond

Challenges/Issues and Opportunities/Successes of the Volunteer Aquatic Stewards

Management

Fisheries

Aquaculture

Enforcement

Fisheries

Habitat:

• Continued enforcement of City, Regional District, Provincial and Federal Mandates
• Requirement of CA officers to provide stewardship activities, they are not trained and they should be in the field enforcing.
• Loss off Habitat Staff
• Provide on the ground knowledge and policing

Habitat, Freshwater

Protection

Rehabilitation

Enhancement

Habitat, Oceans, Estuaries and Marine Protection

Rehabilitation

Enhancement

Salmon Enhancement

Hatcheries

Production Planning

Science

Research

Canadian Hydrographic Service

Stewardship & Community

Consultations: Acts, Regulations, Policy

Program Development and Implementation

Capacity, and Partnerships

• Ongoing Funding
• Level of support from D.F.O. and M.O.E. even on their own initiatives
• Keeping qualified staff and volunteers
• Access to government information from various departments
• Continued juggling of partnership requirements/budgets etc.
• Continued ability to deliver programs for cheaper
• Continued ability to bring varying levels of partners together to work on projects
• Continued ability to respond to communities needs (information, services)
• Provide the continuity to issues that just isn’t anywhere else
• Able to access funding and partnerships that no one else can

Treaty & Aboriginal Programs

Integration and Coordination

Stewardship and Community

Safe and Accessible Waters Canadian Coast Guard, Navigable Waters, Small Craft Harbours

Environment Canada

Water Quality

Province OF BC

Invasive Species

Riparian Area Conservation and Protection

Water Licensing

Related Species and

Shared Jurisdiction, DFO and MOE