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Application Hearing
March 23, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Application Hearing Transcript

Appearances

Brian J. Wallace	Senior Commission Counsel
Brock Martland	Associate Commission Counsel
Kathy Grant	Junior Commission Counsel
Irvin Figg	United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union local of CAW
Paul Kandt	United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union local of CAW
Keith Oliver	James Walkus
Keith Oliver	Chief Harold Sewid
Jack Emberly

Application Hearing
March 26, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Application Hearing Transcript

Appearances

Brian J. Wallace	Senior Commission Counsel
Brock Martland	Associate Commission Counsel
Kathy Grant	Junior Commission Counsel
Nicole Schabus	Cheam Indian Band
Margot Venton	Conservation Coalition
Judah Harrison	Conservation Coalition
Rob Miller	Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
Tim Dickson	Stó:lō Tribal Council
Robert Janes	Adams Lake Indian Band
Karey Brooks	Te'mexw Treaty Association
Don Rosenbloom	Area D Salmon Gillnet Association
Brent Lehmann	Maa-Nulth Treaty Society
Tina Dion	Tsawwassen First Nation
Scott Bernstein	Tsawwassen First Nation
David Robbins	Cowichan Tribes
David Robbins	Chemainus First Nation
Krista Robertson	Musgamagw Tsawatineuk Tribal Council
John Gailus	Hwlitsum First Nation
Carly Chunick	Hwlitsum First Nation
Allan Donovan	Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society
Rod Naknakim	Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society
James I. Reynolds	Musqueam Indian Band
Brenda Gaertner	First Nations Fisheries Council
David Butcher	Southern Area (E) Gillnetters Assn.
David Butcher	B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition
Patti McAhonic	B.C. Wildlife Federation
Bill Otway	B.C. Drift Fishers Federation
Douglas White III Kwulasultun	Coalition of Douglas Treaty First Nations
Bertha Joseph	Council of Haida Nation
Shannon Bentley	Council of Haida Nation
Gregory McDade, Q.C.	Alexandra Morton
	Raincoast Research Society
	Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society
Jeffrey Young	David Suzuki Foundation
Ming Song	Heiltsuk Tribal Council
Lisa Fong	Heiltsuk Tribal Council
Marguerite Parker	Aboriginal Aquaculture Association
Stephanie Albiston	Métis Nation British Columbia
Gary Ducommun	Métis Nation British Columbia
Chris Sporer	Seafood Producers Association of B.C.
Don McLeod	Seafood Producers Association of B.C.
Chris Ashton	Area B Harvest Committee
Christopher Harvey	West Coast Trollers Area G Association
Irvin Figg	United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union local of CAW
Paul Kandt	United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union local of CAW
Alan Blair	B.C. Salmon Farmers Association
Angela Cousins	B.C. Salmon Farmers Association

Opening Hearing
June 15, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Opening Hearing Transcript

10:00AM	Opening Prayer and Remarks Larry Grant, Musqueam First Nation
	Opening Remarks The Honourable Bruce Cohen, Commissioner
	Submissions From Participants (30 minutes for Government of Canada; 15 minutes for all other participants)
	Government of Canada
	Province of British Columbia
11:15AM	Morning Break
11:30AM	Pacific Salmon Commission
	Public Service Alliance of Canada and Union of Environmental Workers B.C.
	Seafood Producers Association of B.C.
	Area D Salmon Gillnet Association and Area B Harvest Committee (Siene)
12:30PM	Lunch Break
2:00PM	Southern Area E Gillnet Association and B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition
	Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
	B.C. Salmon Farmers Association
	Aquaculture Coalition
3:00PM	Afternoon Break
3:15PM	Conservation Coalition
	Heiltsuk Tribal Council (submissions with respect to aquaculture only)
	Laich-kwil-tach Treaty Society, Chief Harold Sewid and Aboriginal Aquaculture Association (submissions with respect to aquaculture only)
4:00PM	Adjourn

Opening Hearing
June 16, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Opening Hearing Transcript

10:00AM	First Nations Coalition
	Musgagmagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council
	Laich-kwil-tach Treaty Society, Chief Harold Sewid, Aboriginal Aquaculture Association and Heiltsuk Tribal Council (submissions on issues other than aquaculture)
	Metis Nation British Columbia
11:15AM	Morning Break
11:30AM	Sto:lo Tribal Council and Cheam Indian Band
	Western Coast Salish First Nations
	Maa-nulth Treaty Society, Tsawwassen First Nation, and Musqueam First Nation
12:30PM	Lunch Break
2:00PM	West Coast Trollers Area G Association and United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union
	B.C. Wildlife Federation and B.C. Federation of Drift Fishers
	Reply, if any
3:00PM	Afternoon Break
3:15PM	[continuation of reply submissions]
4:00PM	Adjourn

Public Forums
August 18, 2010

Address:

Lillooet District REC Centre (Gym)
930 Main St.
Lillooet

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Lillooet

()

Public Forums
August 25, 2010

Address:

Coast Discovery Inn & Marina
(Quadra Cortez)
975 Shoppers Row,
Campbell River

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Campbell River

()

Public Forums
September 1, 2010

Address:

The North Coast Meeting and Conference Centre
(Orca Room)
240 West First Street

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Prince Rupert

()

Public Forums
September 13, 2010

Address:

Steveston-London Secondary School
10331 Gilbert Rd.
Richmond

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Steveston

()

Public Forums
September 14, 2010

Address:

Vancouver Island Convention Centre
(Benson B Room)
101 Gordon Street

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Nanaimo

()

Public Forums
September 16, 2010

Address:

Hotel Grand Pacific
(Vancouver Island Ballroom)
463 Belleville St.
Victoria

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Victoria

()

Public Forums
September 20, 2010

Address:

Inn at the Quay
(Hyack Room North)
900 Quayside Dr.
New Westminster

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

New Westminster

()

Application Hearing
September 22, 2010

Address:

Room 801 Federal Courthouse
701 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session Only: 10:00AM - 12:30PM

Issue

Application for production of documents relating to fish farms and fish health.

Appearances

Brian J. Wallace, QC	Senior Commission Counsel
Brock Martland	Associate Commission Counsel
Kathy Grant	Junior Commission Counsel
Greg McDade	Aquaculture Coalition
Lisa Glowacki	Aquaculture Coalition
Tim Leadem, QC	Conservation Coalition
Judah Harrison	Conservation Coalition
Alan Blair	BC Salmon Farmers Association
Mitch Taylor, QC	Government of Canada
Jonah Spiegelman
Boris Tyzuk, QC	Province of British Columbia
Clifton Prowse	Province of British Columbia
Other participants expected.

Public Forums
September 23, 2010

Address:

Ramada Inn
(Cranbrook South Centre)
444 George St.
Prince George

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Prince George

()

Public Forums
September 29, 2010

Address:

Coast Chilliwack Hotel
(Rosedale AB)
45920 1st Ave.
Chilliwack

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Chilliwack

()

Public Forums
October 21, 2010

Address:

Hotel 540
540 Victoria Street
Kamloops

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Public Forums Summary

Kamloops

()

Evidentiary Hearing
October 25, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Fraser River Sockeye Life Cycle

Witnesses

Fraser River Sockeye Life Cycle

Karl English (* Senior fisheries scientist and former president, LGL Research Associates Ltd.)
Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Dr. David Welch (* President and CEO, Kintama Research Services Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#1	Presentation Of Mr. Mike Lapointe
#2	Presentation Of Dr. David Welch
#3	Presentation Of Mr. Karl English

Evidentiary Hearing
October 26, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Perspectives on the Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Framework Underlying the Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fishery

Evidentiary Hearing
October 27, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
October 28, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:30AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Conservation, Sustainability and Stewardship

Witnesses

Conservation, Sustainability and Stewardship

Dr. David Close (* Distinguished Science Professor of Aboriginal Fisheries, University of British Columbia)
Terry Glavin (* Author and Journalist)
Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Dr. John Reynolds (* Professor and Tom Buell leadership chair in salmon conservation, Simon Fraser University)

Exhibit List

PPR1	PPR1 - With Reply Submissions - Aboriginal And Treaty Rights Framework
PPR2	PPR2 - Int Law Relevant To Conservation And Management - Fraser River Sockeye Salmon
#4	John Reynolds
#5	David Close
#6	Terry Glavin
#7	Rob Morley
#8	Canada's Policy For Conservation Of Wild Pacific Salmon (The Wild Salmon Policy)
#9	Transferable Shares In BCs Commercial Fishery - CAN003213
#10	A Strategy For The Conservation Of Pacific Salmon - CAN045913
#11	Adapting To Change - Managing Fraser Sockeye - CAN032127
#12	Speaking For The Salmon

Evidentiary Hearing
October 29, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Conservation, Sustainability and Stewardship

Witnesses

Conservation, Sustainability and Stewardship

Dr. David Close (* Distinguished Science Professor of Aboriginal Fisheries, University of British Columbia)
Terry Glavin (* Author and Journalist)
Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Dr. John Reynolds (* Professor and Tom Buell leadership chair in salmon conservation, Simon Fraser University)

Exhibit List

#13

UN Convention On Biological Diversity

Evidentiary Hearing
November 1, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

DFO's Organizational Structure

Witnesses

DFO's Organizational Structure

David Bevan (Associate deputy minister, former senior assistant deputy minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management, DFO)
Claire Dansereau (deputy minister, DFO)
Susan Farlinger (Regional Director General, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Macgillivray (Associate regional director general, DFO Pacific)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

PPR3	PPR3 - With Reply Submissions - Legislative Framework Overview
#14	A Summary Of Recommendations Related To FRS And Responses By GOC
#15	DFO Presentation - Organizational Structure Oct. 29 - 2010
#16	Our Waters Our Future - DFO Strategic Plan 2005 - 2010 - CAN002465
#17	DFO Report On Plans And Priorities Estimates 2010 - 2011 - CAN027636
#18	DFO Departmental Performance Report Period Ending Mar. 31 - 2009 - CAN027632
#19	DFO Departmental Plan – DFO’s Integrated Business and Human Resources Plan 2010-2011
#20	DFO 2009 - 2010 Intergrated Business And Human Resources Plan Mar. 2009 - CAN027627
#21	Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat - Management Accountability Framework 2003
#22	MAF Assessment Fisheries And Oceans 2008 - CAN002948
#23	Moving Forward With Our Waters Our Future - DFO Pacific Region Implementation Plan 2006 - 2010 - CAN000098
#24	DFO Pacific Region Implementation Plan 2006 - 2010 Report On Progress As Of Mar. 2009
#25	DFO Pacific Region Business Plan 2010 - 2011
#26	DFO Integrated Business And Human Resources Plan Pacific Region - CAN063029
#27	DFO Integrated Risk Management IRM Policy Jul. 2004 - CAN002943
#28	DFO Initial IRM Implementation Guidelines Dec. 2004 - CAN002942
#29	DFO Integrated Risk Management IRM Implementation Plan Jan. 2005 - Apr. 2006 - webpage
#30	DFO 2008 Corporate Risk Profile Apr. 22 - 2009 - CAN033577
#31	DFO Review Of Existing Mitigation Measures For DFOs 8 Corporate Risks In 2008 Feb. 6 - 2009 - CAN002954
#32	A New Direction For Canadas Pacific Salmon Fisheries Oct. 1998 - CAN000322
#33	Exhibit 33 - Set Of 35 DFO Position Descriptions

Evidentiary Hearing
November 2, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

DFO's Organizational Structure

Witnesses

DFO's Organizational Structure

David Bevan (Associate deputy minister, former senior assistant deputy minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management, DFO)
Claire Dansereau (deputy minister, DFO)
Susan Farlinger (Regional Director General, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Macgillivray (Associate regional director general, DFO Pacific)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

#34	Executive Summary Recommendations Related To FRSS And Responses By The GOC 1982 - 2010
#35	2009 Report Of The Commissioner Of Environment And Sustainable Development Ch1 - Protecting Fish Habitat - CAN024152

Evidentiary Hearing
November 3, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 8:30AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

DFO's Organizational Structure

Witnesses

DFO's Organizational Structure

David Bevan (Associate deputy minister, former senior assistant deputy minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management, DFO)
Alan Cass (Former regional head, Centre for Science Advice Pacific, DFO)
Dr. Siddika Mithani (Assistant deputy minister, Oceans and Science, DFO)
Dr. Laura Richards (Regional director, Science Branch, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)
Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright (Former assistant deputy minister, Science, DFO)

Exhibit List

#36	DFO Science - A Framework For The Future
#37	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Oct. 13 - 14, 2005
#38	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Jan. 23 - 2006
#39	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Oct. 4 - 2006
#40	DFO Five Year Research Agenda 2007 - 2012
#41	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Apr. 19 - 2007
#42	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Oct. 11, 2007
#43	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Apr. 22 - 2008
#44	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Nov. 28 - 2008
#45	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Apr. 17 - 2009
#46	DFO Science Mgmt Board - Minutes Oct 27 - 2009
#47	DFO A New Ecosystem Science Framework In Support Of Integrated Management - CAN000981
#48	DFO Five Year Research Plan 2008 - 2013
#49	DFO National Human Resources Strategy For The Science Sector Apr 2007
#50	DFO Policy On Collaborative Arrangements With Non - Government Organizations Dec 1 - 2008
#51	GOC - A Framework For The Application Of Precaution In Science - Based Decision - Making About Risk - CAN005381
#52	List Of DFO Scientists Who Attended A Brainstorming Session In Oct. 2010
#53	DFO Science Advisory Process Framework - webpage
#54	DFO Operational Guidelines For Science Special Response Processes - SSRP - webpage
#55	Procedure For The Development Of The Annual CSAS Peer Review Schedule - CAN011417
#56	Pacific Scientific Advice Review Committee Terms Of Reference - CAN003717
#57	Policy Governing Public Participation In The PSARC - CAN003743
#58	Regional Management Committee Decision Paper - New PSARC - RMEC Process Etc Of Apr. 4 - 2006 - CAN003690
#59	Regional Management Committee Decision Paper - Prioritizing PSARC Requests Jun. 1 - 2007 With 5 Attachments

Evidentiary Hearing
November 4, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 8:30AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

DFO's Organizational Structure

Witnesses

DFO's Organizational Structure

David Bevan (Associate deputy minister, former senior assistant deputy minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management, DFO)
Alan Cass (Former regional head, Centre for Science Advice Pacific, DFO)
Dr. Siddika Mithani (Assistant deputy minister, Oceans and Science, DFO)
Dr. Laura Richards (Regional director, Science Branch, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)
Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright (Former assistant deputy minister, Science, DFO)

Exhibit List

#60	Letter from Mr. Paul Sprout to Editor - Globe and Mail, Aug 15, 2009
#61	DFO Facts about Sea Lice [webpage] - CAN070296
#62	DFO Myths and Realities about Salmon Farming [webpage] - CAN045946
#63	DFO's Aquaculture Action Plan 2008 [webpage] - CAN005310

Evidentiary Hearing
November 8, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Pacific Salmon Commission & Pacific Salmon Treaty

Witnesses

Pacific Salmon Commission & Pacific Salmon Treaty

Don Kowal (Executive Secretary, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#64	PSC - Map from Pacific Region Salmon Stock Assessment Plan, 1986 - Part I - Inner South Coast, page 97 - CAN046918
#65	PSC- Pacific Salmon Treaty - CAN045911
PPR4	PPR 4 - Overview of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the Pacific Salmon Commission Re Mgmt of FRSS
#66	PSC - Southern Boundary Restoration and Enhancement Fund's Strategic Plan
#67	PSC - Status of PST Negotiations, Nov 2009
#68	PSC - Letter to Canada Specifiying Closed Unless Open Fishing Plan - CAN056070
#69	PSC - Letter to US Specifiying Closed Unless Open Fishing Plan - CAN056319
#70	PSC - Fraser River Panel, 2002 Anual Report - CAN002564
#71	PSC - Commission Guidance to the Fraser River Panel, Feb 11, 2010 - PSC000004
#72	Late-Run Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, BC - Early Migration & High Mortality - What is Going On - 2003
#73	PSC - Synthesis of Evidence from a Workshop on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye, June 15-17, 2010 - PSC000013
#74	PSC - Report of the Fraser River Panel to the PSC on 2005 FRS and Pink Salmon Fishing Season - CAN002567
#75	Roos, Restoring Fraser River Salmon: A History of the IPSFC 1937-1985 - CAN005102 (Note: This exhibit is a book and is not online for copyright reasons. Please visit www.psc.org.) This file is not available at this time.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 9, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Pacific Salmon Commission & Pacific Salmon Treaty

Witnesses

Pacific Salmon Commission & Pacific Salmon Treaty

Don Kowal (Executive Secretary, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#76	Pacific Salmon Commission Bylaws
#77	Fraser River Sockeye 1994 - Problems & Discrepancies - FRS Public Review Board - CAN032201

Evidentiary Hearing
November 10, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 15, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 16, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 11:00AM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

The hearing was adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 17, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 18, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 19, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 22, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 23, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 24, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 25, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
November 29, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Dr. Brian Riddell (Former Manager, Salmon Assessment and Freshwater Ecosystems, DFO Science)

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Pat Chamut (Former assistant deputy minister, Fisheries Management, DFO; former special advisor on the Wild Salmon Policy)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Brian Riddell (Former Manager, Salmon Assessment and Freshwater Ecosystems, DFO Science)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)

Exhibit List

#78	WSP Discussion Paper - A New Direction - The Fifth in a Series from DFO, Mar 1, 2000 - CAN000384
#79	Response to the Consultations on the WSP Discussion Paper and the Salmonid Enhancement Program, Feb 1, 2002 - CAN000365
#80	WSP Policy Draft - A New Direction - Feb 20, 2002 - CAN001198
#81	WSP, Presentation to Policy Committee - Apr 5, 2002 - CAN001442
#82	RMC Meeting, Apr 25, 2002 - Record of Decisions - CAN006257
#83	Review of the 2002 FRS Fishery, Report by the External Steering Committee - CAN002450
#84	Email from Steven Wright to Paul Macgillivray, May 9, 2003 - FW-Draft WSP RM Guidelines Deck - CAN122264
#85	Email from Paul Sprout to John Davis, July 16, 2003 - FW-Science & FM - CAN123084
#86	Memo from RDG Pacific Region to Paul Chamut, Dec 3, 2003 - Status of Implementation of 2002 Fraser River Sockeye Review Recommendations - CAN004221
#87	Memo from ARDG Pacific Region to RMC, Dec 3, 2003 - Preliminary Findings on the Follow-up Salmon Audit - CAN168063
#88	2004 Report of the Commissioner on the Environment and Sustainable Development, Chapter 5 - DFO - Salmon Stocks, Habitat and Aquaculture - CAN002452
#89	Memo from Michaela Huard to DMC - Proposed Record of Decision from DMC - Policy Meeting of Nov 17, 2004 - CAN075302
#90	A Policy Framework for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon, Nov 3, 2004 - CAN015893
#91	A Policy Framework for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon, Dec 1, 2004- CAN001105
#92	Email from Paul Chamut, Mar 29, 2005 - Definitions and Principles for the WSP - CAN128482
#93	Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon - Ministerial Briefing, May 16, 2005 - CAN063801
#94	Memo for the Minister - Approval and Announcement of the WSP (Decision Sought), date-stamped May 27, 2005 - CAN185514
#95	Memo for the Minister - Stakeholder Positions on the WSP (Info Only), date-stamped May 31, 2005 - CAN053235
#96	The Successful Completion of Scientific Public Policy - Lessons Learned While Developing Canada's WSP, by James Irvine - CAN004240
#97	PowerPoint Presentation of Brian Riddell - The Build-up to Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon (1980-2000)
#98	Speaking Notes of Brian Riddell, Revised, Nov 11, 2010 - Setting the Stage for Canada's WSP (1980 to Mar 2000)
#99	Witness Summary of Brian Riddell, ex-DFO Science, (WSP) Nov 16, 2010
#100	Witness Summary of Pat Chamut (WSP), Nov 16, 2010
#101	Witness Summary of Mark Saunders (WSP) - Nov 16-17, 2010
#102	DFO Press Release, June 24, 2005 - Adoption of WSP Continues Reform of Pacific Fisheries - CAN032215
#103	Witness Summary of Jim Irvine (WSP), Nov 16-17, 2010
#104A	Conservation of Pacific Salmon - Policy Issues for Management of Wild Salmon, June 23, 2003 - CAN001421
#104B	Cover Note from Pat Chamut to John Davis, Jun 26, 2003 - CAN001426
#105	Briefing Note for the Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries Management (Info Only), from Pacific Region, undated - CAN001422
#106	Definition of Conservation Units Under the Resource Management Guidelines, undated - CAN001199
#107	Wild Salmon Policy - Operational Guidelines - Preliminary Outlines, Dec 6, 2001 - CAN000366

Evidentiary Hearing
November 30, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Pat Chamut (Former assistant deputy minister, Fisheries Management, DFO; former special advisor on the Wild Salmon Policy)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Brian Riddell (Former Manager, Salmon Assessment and Freshwater Ecosystems, DFO Science)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)

Exhibit List

#108	Curriculum Vitae of Brian Riddell - CAN185476
#109	DFO - WSP Implementation Workplan, Results-based Management and Accountability Framework, Draft Sep 20, 2005, v 1.0
#110	WSP Implementation Workplan, FY 07-08, Aug 13, 2007
#111	DFO Strategic Environmental Assessment-WSP, Oct 08 2005 - CAN180502
#112	DFO - 2005-2010 Strategic Plan - Our Waters, Our Future - Final Draft (2005) - CAN011784
#113	WSP - Conservation and Management of Wild Pacific Salmon - BC Interior, Nov 5, 2003 - Draft-For Discussion Purposes Only - CAN023455
#114	Email from Pat Chamut to Susan Farlinger, April 7, 2004 - Sustainable Aquaculture - CAN128472
#115	Email from Pat Chamut to Mark Saunders and Susan Farlinger, April 20, 2004 - Aquaculture Development - CAN135344
#116	Email from Brian Riddell to Andrew Thomson et al, Mar 21, 2005 - WSP Meeting Locations Confirmed - CAN127595
#117	DFO - Policy Cmte Draft - WSP-A New Direction, May 17, 1999 - Draft for Discussion Purposes Only - CAN023452
#118	Letter of Otto E. Langer (DSF) to Mark Saunders, May 1, 2005 - Critique of the Apr 22, 2005 Draft WSP
#119	Email from Julie Norris to Pat Chamut, May 13 ,2005 -WSP - CAN133249
#120	Email from Susan Farlinger to Carol Cross, Jun 1, 2005 - FW-The Funding of the WSP - CAN129031
#121	[Identical to Exh 132] Email (REDACTED) from Susan Farlinger to Pat Chamut, Jun 3, 2005 - Announcement of the WSP - CAN135496

Evidentiary Hearing
December 1, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:45AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 5:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Pat Chamut (Former assistant deputy minister, Fisheries Management, DFO; former special advisor on the Wild Salmon Policy)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Brian Riddell (Former Manager, Salmon Assessment and Freshwater Ecosystems, DFO Science)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)

Exhibit List

#122	Brian Riddell, Spatial Organization of Pacific Salmon - What to Conserve (1993) - CAN185475
#123A	Memo for the Deputy Minister - Update on First Nations Participation in WSP Implementation (Info Only), undated - CAN080094
#123B	Transmittal Cover from Paul Sprout to Larry Murray via David Bevan - Update on First Nations Participation in WSP Implementation, date-stamped Jul 29, 2005 - CAN080093

Evidentiary Hearing
December 2, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Pat Chamut (Former assistant deputy minister, Fisheries Management, DFO; former special advisor on the Wild Salmon Policy)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Brian Riddell (Former Manager, Salmon Assessment and Freshwater Ecosystems, DFO Science)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Dr. Carrie Holt (Research Scientist, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Kim Hyatt (Research scientist, Stock Assessment Division, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)
Heather Stalberg (Senior habitat management biologist, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#124	Email from Mark Saunders to Pat Chamut, May 17, 2005 - ENGO Response May 17, 2005 - CAN143383
#125	Carrie Holt, Assessing Status and Indentifying Benchmarks of CUs for the WSP, undated - CAN018432
#126	Table of Indicators, Project, Cost, Effort and Comments, 2008 - CAN185602
#127	Table of Single CU or Watershed Indicators Costing, undated - CAN185604
#128	Habitat Compatibility Model, undated (Excel) - CAN185605
#129	Email from Jay Hartling to Mary Hobbs, May 16, 2005 - CAN178731
#130	Email from Susan Farlinger to Carol Cross, Jun 1, 2005 - CAN129031
#131	Email from Richard Wex to Susan Farlinger, Jun 2, 2005 - CAN127353
#132	[Identical to Exh 121] Email (REDACTED) from Susan Farlinger to Pat Chamut, Jun 3, 2005 - Announcement of the WSP - CAN135496
#133	WSP Habitat Strategy Discussion Paper, Jul 23, 2006 - CAN001124
#134	Regional Mgmt Cmte Meeting of Aug 9, 2005, Record of Decisions - CAN006181
#135	WSP Implementation Workplan, RMC, Sep 20, 2005 - CAN018627
#136	RMC Meeting of Sep 20, 2005, Record of Decisions - CAN185507
#137A	Update re WSP Team Meeting to Review First Nations Dialogue Session, undated - CAN168233
#137B	WSP Forum 3 Summary Report, held Dec 8 2005 - CAN168234
#138	Managing Pacific Salmon for Ecosystem Values - Ecosystem Indicators and the WSP, Mar 2006 - CAN002588
#139	Advisory - Implementing the Habitat and Ecosystem Components of DFO's WSP, Oct 2006 - CAN000449
#140	Letter from Loyola Hearn to Paul LeBlond, date-stamped Dec 11, 2006 - CAN064228
#141	Letter from Loyola Hearn to Bill Wareham, date-stamped Apr 24, 2007 - CAN055648
#142	Refining Habitat Indicators for Strategy 2 of WSP - Practical Assessment of Indicators, Jul 20, 2007 - CAN019235
#143	CSAS Research Document 2007-070 Conservation Units for Pacific Salmon under WSP - CAN004236
#144	WSP Habitat Indicators Costing Meeting, Feb 25, 2008, Draft Meeting Minutes - CAN185601
#145	CSAS Proceedings Series 2008-013, Proceedings of PSARC Salmon Subcommittee Meeting, Jun 13-14, 2007 - CAN010276
#146	2008-09 WSP Team Meeting Minutes, Aug 5, 2008 - CAN185479
#147	Single CU-Watershed Cost Analysis Table, Aug 6, 2008 - CAN185603
#148	Operations Cmte, WSP Strategy 2, Assessment of Habitat Status, Our Progress and Plan, Sep 23, 2008 - CAN018434
#149	Operations Cmte Meeting of Sep 23, 2008, Draft Record of Decisions - CAN018502
#150	RMC Decision Paper Titled WSP Web Mapping Application by Carol Cross, Oct 8, 2008 - CAN005559
#151	RMC Meeting, Oct 14, 2008 Record of Decisions - CAN063090
#152	Framework for Characterizing CUs of Pacific Salmon for Implementing WSP, Jan 2009 - CAN019233
#153	CSAS Research Document 2009-068, Indicators of Status and Benchmarks for CUs in Canada's WSP - CAN019253
#154	CSAS Research Document 2009-068, Indicators of Status and Benchmarks for CUs in Canada's WSP, Technical Documentation - CAN019254
#155A	Considering ATK in the Implementation of WSP, Sep 14, 2009 - CAN182602
#155B	Cover note from Wellsley Hamilton, October 26, 2009 - CAN182601
#156	Framework for the Implementation of the WSP - Initial Lists of CUs for BC, Oct 2009 - CAN010368
#157	Operations Cmte Mtg, Oct 8, 2009, Draft Record of Decisions - CAN018506
#158	CSAS Proceedings Series 2009-038, Results of Peer Review Workshop on the Draft Report Canada's Policy for Conservation of WSP, Jan 15-16, 2009 - CAN010278
#159	Action Plan to Address Conditions for Marine Stewardship Certification of BC Sockeye Fisheries (Fraser, Barkley, Nass, Skeena), Dec 21, 2009 - CAN063059
#160	CSAS Proceeding Series 2009-046, Workshop on Methods for Assessing Status and Identifying Benchmarks for CUs of WSP, Jan 5-6, 2009 - CAN019257
#161	A Review of Metrics Distribution with Application to CUs under Canada's WSP, 2010 - CAN185534
#162	WSP Implementation Team, Record of Meeting, Apr 15, 2010 - CAN178228
#163	Regional WSP Implementation Team, Record of Meeting, May 20, 2010 - CAN178227
#164A	Media Lines, WSP Review, Jun 3, 2010 - CAN178232
#164B	Cover note from Lisa Wilson, Jun 4, 2010 - CAN178231
#165	Media Lines, WSP Review, Jun 8, 2010 - CAN178223
#166	Summary Notes, Workshop on Identifying Benchmarks and Assessing Status of CUs under Strategy 1 of WSP, Jun 17-18, 2010 - CAN185535
#167	Media Lines, WSP Review, Jun 22, 2010 - CAN185529
#168	WSP Implementation Team Terms of Reference, Draft, Sep 3, 2010 - CAN185478
#169	Excerpt of letter from PSC Counsel to the Commission - RE - A Copy of All Briefings Given to the PSC or its Panels regarding Canada's WSP, undated
#170	Presentation to RMC, WSP Implementation Strategy, Aug 9, 2005 [colour version] - CAN018588
#171	Letter from DOJ Counsel to the Commission with table of dates re WSP-related CSAC Scientific Papers reviewed by PSARC, approved and posted, Sep 7, 2010
#172	Draft Fall 2006 Consultation Staff List, version 8, Sep 25, 2006
#173	Email from Tom Robbins, attaching Media Lines, WSP Review, Oct 1, 2010 [a revision of Media Lines in Exh 167]
#174	Email from Judy Gwynn to DFO Officials, Nov 2, 2005, with 3 Attachments [A, B, C] - CAN145287
#174A	Attachment 1 to email at Exh 174 - Draft WSP Implementation Work-plans, Nov 3, 2005 - CAN145288
#174B	Attachment 2 to email at Exh 174 - New Initiative Steering Committee Meeting, WSP Work-plans [Agenda], Nov 3, 2005 - CAN145289
#174C	Attachment 3 to email at Exh 174 - WSP Implementation Workplan, New Initiatives Steering Cmte, Nov 3, 2005 - CAN145290
#175	Stalberg, et al - Canada's Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon - Stream, Lake and Estuarine Habitat Indicators, 2009 - CAN019252
#176	Curriculum Vitae of Heather Stalberg (Redacted) - NonRT
#177	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Jim Irvine - CAN185532
#178	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Carrie Holt - CAN185533
#179	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Kim Hyatt - CAN185537
#180	Curriculum Vitae of Mark Saunders - CAN185451
#181	Witness Summary of Heather Stalberg (WSP), Nov 17
#182	Witness Summary of Carrie Holt (WSP), Nov 17
#183	Witness Summary of Kim Hyatt (WSP), Nov 17
#184	Fraser Sockeye WSP Evaluation of Stock Status - State and Rate - Working Paper for Distribution
#185	Fishery Decision-Making Framework Incorporating the Precautionary Approach [identical to Exh 207] - CAN007416

Evidentiary Hearing
December 3, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Dr. Carrie Holt (Research Scientist, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Kim Hyatt (Research scientist, Stock Assessment Division, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)
Heather Stalberg (Senior habitat management biologist, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#186	PowerPoint Presentation of Dr. Kim Hyatt to Ops Cmte - WSP Strategy 3, Implementation Approach, Oct 8, 2009 - CAN006864
#187	WSP Team Mtg Minutes, Sep 14, 2009 - CAN185489
#188	Slaney, Hyatt et al, Status of Anadromous Salmon and Trout in BC and Yukon, Oct, 1996
#189	Pacific Region Consultation Plan - WSP, 2009-2010 - CAN178243 [replaced CAN185843]
#190	DFO Pacific Region - 5th Annual Fall Community Dialogues - 2008 - [same as CAN185846]
#191	Pacific Region Consultation Plan - WSP - Draft, June 6, 2008 - [same as CAN185847]
#192	DFO - Ops Cmte WSP Update, Jan 8, 2009 - [same as CAN185848]
#193	DFO WSP Forum, Richmond, March 27-28, 2008 - [same as CAN185849]
#194	DFO - Ops Cmte WSP Update, Jan 31, 2008 - [same as CAN185851]
#195	DFO - WSP Implementation - Progress in 2005-06 and Workplan for 2006-07, May 2006 - [same as CAN185853]
#196	WSP Implementation Workplan - RMC, Sep 20, 2006 - [same as CAN185854]
#197	Indicators of status and benchmarks for Conservation Units in Canada’s WSP, May 28, 2010 - [same as CAN185857]
#198	Two documents, sources already filed as Exhs 134 and 170 [same as CAN 185858]
#199	RMC Meeting May 3, 2005 - Record of Decisions, with RMC Decision Paper Titled Wild Pacific Salmon Policy by Mary Hobbs - [same as CAN 185859]
#200	PowerPoint Presentation of Dr. Kim Hyatt to Ops Cmte - WSP Strategy 3, Implementation Approach, Sep 27, 2009 - [same as CAN185865]
#201	DFO - WSP – Work Planning, Strategic Directions Committee, May 6, 2010 - [same as CAN185869]
#202	Hyatt et al, Potential Strategy 3 Contributions to the Barkley Sound WSP Pilot, Nov 2010
#203	Peterman, Marmorek et al, Synthesis of Evidence from a Workshop on the Decline of FRS, Nanaimo, Jun 15-17, 2010
#204	DFO - WSP Strategy 2, Assessment of Habitat Status - the HMP Connection, Nov 24, 2008 - CAN005934
#205	Briefing Note - WSP Strategy 2 (Habitat Status) - Recommended Essential Workplan Elements for OHEB Integration, Feb 6, 2009
#206	East Coast Vancouver Island Coho Conservation Unit - Englishman River Coho Habitat Status Report [highlighted, struck-through]
#207	Fishery Decision-Making Framework Incorporating the Precautionary Approach [identical to Exh 185] - CAN007416
#208	Exh 208 - PowerPoint Presentation - Next Steps in the Implementation of Canada's WSP - Identification of CUs, Fall 2006 - CAN151814.zip
#209	Update on Regional Science Advisory (PSARC) Meetings - Salmon Subcommitte Review, Jun 13-14, 2007 - CAN003680

Evidentiary Hearing
December 6, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
December 7, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:30PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Dr. Carrie Holt (Research Scientist, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Kim Hyatt (Research scientist, Stock Assessment Division, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)
Heather Stalberg (Senior habitat management biologist, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#210	Salmon Stock Assessment Plan 2004-2005, Version 20 July 2004 - CAN058266
#211	Governors Forum on Monitoring, 2007-09 Agency Monitoring Budget Proposals, Sep 7, 2006
#212	DFO - CU Template - Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon, Oct 2005
#213	First Nations WSP Implementation Forum, Dec 7, 2005 - CAN168237

Evidentiary Hearing
December 8, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:30PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Dr. Kim Hyatt (Research scientist, Stock Assessment Division, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)
Heather Stalberg (Senior habitat management biologist, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#214	DFO-HMP - Practitioners Guide to the Risk Mgmt Framework for DFO HM Staff v 1.0, 2005 - CAN185554
#215	DFO-HMP - Habitat Compliance Decision Framework v 1.1, 2007 - CAN002958
#216	DFO - Aquaculture Policy Framework, Jan 1, 2002 - CAN000111
#217	Summary of Meeting Notes from DFO Fall 2006 Consultations, WSP - CAN168491
#218	DFO- Fall 2006 Consultations, Feb 20, 2007 - CAN016908
#219	Email from Lester Jantz to DFO Personnel, May 21, 2008 - Highlights of WSP Forum 2008, with attachments - CAN166561
#219A	Attachment to email at Exh 219 - PowerPoint-Highlights from WSP Stakeholder Forum March 2008, WSP Planning Mtg, May 14-15, 2008 - CAN166562
#220	Email from Neil Todd to Pete Nicklin and Lester Jantz, June 19, 2008 - WSP and the FWJTC, with attachments - CAN172577
#220A	Exh 220A - Attachment 1 to email at Exh 220 - Letter from Neil Todd to Amy Mar, May 26, 2008 - FR FN WSP Forum - CAN172578
#220B	Exh 220B - Attachment 2 to email at Exh 220 - Letter from Amy Mar to Neil Todd, Jun 9, 2008 - CAN172579
#221	Email from Kelly Binning to DFO personnel, Jun 25, 2009 - Duty to Consult Working Group-Templates on Aboriginal Consultations, with attachments - CAN164840
#221A	Att 1 to email at Exh 221 - Salmon Consultations with Aboriginal Groups, Apr 1, 2008 - Mar 30, 2009 [Excel] - CAN164841
#221B	Att 2 to email at Exh 221 - Consultations with Aboriginal Groups - Template #1 - Consultations and Costs by Sector and Region - Sector-FAM - CAN164842
#221C	Att 3 to email at Exh 221 - Consultations with Aboriginal Groups - Template #2 - Information by Sector - Sector-Fisheries and Aquaculture Mgmt - CAN164843
#221D	Att 4 to email at Exh 221 - Consultations with Aboriginal Groups - Template #1 - Consultations and Costs by Sector and Region - Sector-Policy - CAN164844
#221E	Att 5 to email at Exh 221 - Consultations with Aboriginal Groups - Template #2 - Information by Sector - Sector-Policy - CAN164845
#222	Proposal for Development of Guidelines for the Use of ATK Management of Fisheries Resources in DFO's Pacific Region
#223	Email from Amy Mar to Brenda McCorquodale, Aug 7, 2008 - ATEK guidelines-best practices
#224	Knowledge Integration in Salmon Conservation and Sustainability Planning - Towards Effective Implementation of WSP Strategy 4, Mar 2009 - CAN027611
#225	WSP Implementation - Report on Work Plan 2009-2010, Draft, WSP Work Planning Meeting, Apr 15, 2010, v2 - CAN170291

Evidentiary Hearing
December 9, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:30PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Susan Farlinger (Regional Director General, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

#226	Curriculum Vitae of Paul Sprout - CAN185518
#227	Curriculum Vitae of Susan Farlinger - CAN185524
#228	Email from Paul Ryall to Max Stanfield and Heather James, Apr 10, 2006 - MC 00630 Boldt to James, H for Revision pls. 06-04 - CAN173060
#229	Email from Ken Smith to Paul Ryall and Steven Wright, Nov 25, 2004 - Implementation of WSP & Business Planning for Info for Nov 29th - CAN090810
#230	Email from Ken Smith to Paul Ryall and Steven Wright, Nov 26, 2004 - Implementation of WSP & Business Planning for Info for Nov 29th - CAN090811
#231	Letter from Mark Angelo, PFRCC to Paul Sprout, Jan 27, 2010 - Developing a WSP Review Framework - CAN056417
#232	PFRCC Advisory on the Implementation of Canada's 2005 WSP, Jan 2010 - CAN056418
#233	Ops Cmte Meeting Jun 17, 2010 - Record of Decisions - CAN185527
#234	Email from Susan Farlinger to Sharan Johal, Jul 3, 2009 - Update for MO on MSC Action Plan - CAN124420
#235	Email from Paul Sprout to Susan Farlinger, Aug 5, 2009 - MSC Certification - CAN124221
#236	Ops Cmte Meeting Jan 8, 2009 - Draft Record of Decisions - CAN018503
#237	December 15, 2009 - WSP Team Meeting Minutes UNREDACTED version, received from DOJ 20101203
#238	Ops Cmte Meeting Jun 17, 2010 - Draft Record of Decisions - [same as CAN185867]
#239	Strategic Directions Committee (SDC) 2010 Action Log, updated Sep 10, 2010
#240	Ops Cmte Meeting Jun 25, 2009 - Record of Decisions - CAN185844 - Canada 17f
#241	Ops Cmte Discussion Paper - Performance Review of the WSP Implementation, undated, (poss Oct 2009)
#242	Memo from Jennifer Nener, to Paul Sprout - Summary of PFRCC Report-Developing a WSP Review Framework, Mar 15, 2010, with response letter
#243	Interview Questions on DFO's Wild Salmon Mgmt, marked Draft, sep 20, 2010_FINAL
#244	Witness Summary of Paul Sprout (WSP), Nov 17
#245	Witness Summary of Susan Farlinger (WSP), Nov 17
#246	Email from Lisa Wilson to Susan Farlinger and Jennifer Nener, Nov 9, 2010 - WSP - Strategy 6 (Independent Review)
#247	Meeting with PFRCC - Speaking Points for RDG, Mar 15, 2010 (v3)
#248	Fact Sheet - Update on the Implementation of the WSP 2009 [webpage] - Canada 17c
#249	Update on Progess - Implementation of the WSP, October 2008 [webpage] - Canada 17g
#250	Community Dialogues Progress Report 2007 [webpage] - Canada 17l
#251	DFO - Strategy 1 - Standardizes Monitoring of Wild Salmon Status (excerpt from WSP document) [webpage] - Canada 17r
#252	DFO - Strategy 2 - Assessment of Habitat Status (excerpt from WSP document) [webpage] - Canada 17x
#253	DFO - Strategy 3 - Inclusion of Ecosystem Values and Monitoring (excerpt from WSP document) [webpage] - Canada 17z
#254	DFO - Strategy 4 - Integrated Strategic Planning (excerpt from WSP document) [webpage] - Canada 17bb
#255	Letter from Gordon MacEachen to Participant, Oct 31, 2006 - FRS Spawning Initiave-WSP Pilot
#256	Letter from Paul Ryall to Participant, Dec 8, 2008 - FRS Spawning Initiative-WSP Pilot - CAN170207
#257	PFRCC - Developing a WSP Review Framework - Stakeholder Perspectives on Review Components, Jan 2010
#258	Public Policy Evaluation-An Introduction, undated
#259	DFO - Terms of Reference - WSP Independent Review Oct 7 2010, [Nov 19, 2010]
#260	DFO - Policy for the Mgmt of Fish Habitat, Oct 1986 - CAN000016
#261	DFO - Policy for the Management of Aboriginal Fishing [webpage], Aug 6, 1993
#262	Pacific Salmon Revitalization, Feb 1, 1996 - CAN002283
#263	DFO - Canada's Oceans Strategy - Our Oceans, Our Future, 2002 - CAN005267
#264	DFO - An Allocation Policy for Pacific Salmon - A New Direction-Fourth in a Series of Papers from DFO, Oct 1999 - CAN000543
#265	DFO - New Emerging Fisheries Policy, Sep 2001 [webpage] - CAN000183
#266	DFO - A Policy for Selective Fishing in Canada's Pacific Fisheries, Jan 2001 - CAN000324
#267	DFO - A Framework for Improved Decision-Making in the Pacific Salmon Fishery- Discussion Paper - A New Direction-Sixth in a Series of Papers from DFO, Jun 2000 - CAN021243
#268	DFO - Pacific Region Fishery Monitoring and Reporting Framework, Jan 2002 - CAN000196
#269	DFO - A Discussion Paper on the Implementation of Pacific Fisheries Reform, Sep 2005 - CAN001131
#270	DFO - Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (PICFI), Jul 17, 2007 - CAN002480
#271	DFO - Policy for Managing the Impacts of Fishing on Sensitive Benthic Areas [webpage] - CAN002983
#272	DFO - Policy on New Fisheries for Forage Species [website] - CAN002982
#273	Sustainable Fisheries Framework - Fishery Checklist Action Plan, by Jeff Grout, Jun 10, 2010 - CAN182721
#274	DFO - Preparing an Integrated Fisheries Mgmt Plan (IFMP) - Guidance Document, May 4 version - CAN002913
#274A	DFO - Preparing an Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) - Guidance Document and Template, Nov 2008
#275	Email from Marc Clemens to David Balfour, Oct 17, 2008 - By-catch policy-background-for FCC meeting - CAN135663
#275A	Email from Marc Clemens to David Balfour, Oct 19, 2008 - By-catch policy-background-for FCC meeting - CAN135661
#276	Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment, May 14 1998 [Risk Assessment Forum, U.S. EPA] - CAN024777
#277	Canada's Oceans Strategy - Policy and Operational Framework for Integrated Mgmt of Estuarine, Coastal and Marine Environments in Canada, 2002 - CAN000019

Evidentiary Hearing
December 13, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Worldview, Cultural Context and Traditional Knowledge

Witnesses

Aboriginal Worldview, Cultural Context and Traditional Knowledge

Chief Kim Baird (Chief, Tsawwassen First Nation)
Joe Becker (Member, Musqueam First Nation; commissioner, Musqueam Fisheries Commission)
Chief William Charlie (Chief, Chehalis Indian Band)
Grand Chief Clarence Pennier (Member, Scowlitz First Nation; chief, Stó:lō Tribal Council)
Councillor June Quipp (Councillor, Cheam Indian Band)

Exhibit List

#278	Witness Summary of Councillor June Quipp
#279	Witness Summary of Chief William Charlie
#280	Witness Summary of Grand Chief Clarence Pennier
#281	Witness Summary of Chief Kim Baird
#282	Witness Summary of Joe Becker
#283	Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement, Dec 6, 2007 - CAN185832
#284	Appendix A, page 7 from Tsawwassen Final Agreement Appendices
#285	Tsawwassen First Nation Fisheries, Wildlife Migratory Birds and Renewable Resources Act, Apr 3, 2009
#286	Tsawwassen First Nation Fisheries, Wildlife Migratory Birds and Renewable Resources Act - Fisheries Regulation, Sep 16, 2009
#287	Appendices J1, J2, and J3, pages 261-267 from Tsawwassen Final Agreement Appendices
#288	Bob Brown, Review of the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, Mar 2007 - CAN056656
#289	DFO and First Nations Fraser Salmon Roadmap Process, Forum, Conservation and Harvest Planning, Dec 2010 - CAN029474
#290	Three Year Strategic Approach to Developing a Co-management Process for FRS - First Nations Component - Draft Sep 27, 2009 - CAN047074

Evidentiary Hearing
December 14, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Worldview, Cultural Context and Traditional Knowledge

Witnesses

Aboriginal Worldview, Cultural Context and Traditional Knowledge

Thomas Alexis (Former chief, Tl’azt’en Nation)
Dr. Ron Ignace (Member, Secwepemc Nation; former chief, Skeetchestn Indian Band)
Chief Fred Sampson (Member, Nlha7apmx Nation; chief, Siska Indian Band)
Grand Chief Saul Terry (Member, St’at’imc Nation; chief executive officer, Intertribal Treaty Organization; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#291	Witness Summary of Chief Fred Sampson
#292	Witness Summary of Thomas Alexis
#293	Witness Summary of Grand Chief Saul Terry
#294	Witness Summary of Dr Ron Ignace
#295	FNFC - Co-Mgmt Discussion Paper, Revised Oct 25, 2010 - FNC000104
#296	DFO AAROM Program Fraser River and South Coast Groups (w member Bands and INAC Band numbers), as of Aug 2010 - CAN185655

Evidentiary Hearing
December 15, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Worldview, Cultural Context and Traditional Knowledge

Witnesses

Aboriginal Worldview, Cultural Context and Traditional Knowledge

Captain Gary Ducommun (Director of Natural Resources for the Métis Nation of BC)
Guujaaw (President, Haida Nation)
Chief Robert Mountain (Councillor, Namgis First Nation; hereditary chief, Mamalilikula First Nation)
Mr. Rod Naknakim (Chief negotiator, Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society)
Chief Edwin Newman (Hereditary chief and elder, Heiltsuk Nation)

Exhibit List

#297	Witness Summary of Rod Naknakim
#298	Witness Summary of Gary Ducommun
#299	Witness Summary of President Guujaaw
#300	Witness Summary of Chief Edwin Newman
#301	Witness Summary of Chief Robert Mountain
#302	Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Dept - Aquatic Division - Notice to Food Fishers, Jun 7, 2010
#303	Heiltsuk Intergrated Resource Management Dept - Community Needs Study, [fax copy] Oct 28, 2010
#304	Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Dept - Sept 2010 Communique (Dutilh - Heiltsuk for News) - FSC Fishery, Sep 2010
#305	Heiltsuk Tribal Council - Comprehensive Fisheries Agreement CFA2009-1919, signed Dec 9, 2009
#306	Heiltsuk Tribal Council - Map of Spatial Distribution of Sockeye Streams - Dec 14, 2010
#307	Metis Nation BC - Natural Resource Act, revised Sep 2010
#308	Musgamagw Marine Mgmt Society - Comprehensive Fisheries Agreement CFA2009-1940, signed Aug 14, 2009 - CAN078911

Evidentiary Hearing
December 16, 2010

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1)

Susan Farlinger (Regional Director General, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

#309	DOJ - Index of Documents - RDG Panel - December 16, 2010
#310	Letter from Susan Farlinger to Skeena Watershed Initiative Planning Group, date-stamped Sep 30, 2010 - Support and Suggested Role for the Skeena Watershed Initiative
#311	Barkley Sound Salmon Initiative Draft Terms of Reference - July 2010
#312	DFO - WSP Development and Implementation, Sep 2010 - CAN185525

Evidentiary Hearing
January 17, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)
Barry Rosenberger (Area director, BC Interior, DFO; Canadian chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#313	Canada's Written Re-Examination for the WSP Panel, Dec 16, 2010
#313A	Commission's Written Re-Examination for the WSP to Heather Stalberg, Dec 21, 2010
#313B	Commission's Written Re-Examination for the WSP to Dr. Kim Hyatt, Dec 21, 2010
#313C	Commission's Written Re-Examination for the WSP to Dr. Jim Irvine, Dec 21, 2010
#313D	Commission's Written Re-Examination for the WSP to Mark Saunders, Dec 21, 2010
PPR5	PPR 5 - Overview of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Harvest Management
#314	Affidavit #1 of Michael Folkes, sworn Dec 14, 2010
#315	Affidavit #1 of Catherine Michielsens, sworn Dec 15, 2010
#316	Curriculum Vitae of Jeff Grout - CAN185399
#317	Pacific Region Integrated Fisheries Management Plan Salmon Southern BC, Jun 1 2009-May 31, 2010 [Final, with Appendices] - CAN005186
#318	Tentative Salmon Advisory Schedule, Sep 2009-Jun 2010 - CAN003387
#319	Salmon Advisory Process - CAN006515
#320	2009 Salmon Stock Outlook - CAN003053
#321	Pacific Region Integrated Fisheries Management Plan Salmon Southern BC, Jun1 2009-May 31, 2010 [First Draft] - CAN004017
#322	Fraser Sockeye Escapement Strategy 2009 - Model Overview & Summary of 2009 - CAN015976
#323	Curriculum Vitae of Barry Rosenberger
#324	Concerns Raised Regarding the 2009 Draft South Coast Integrated Fisheries Management Plan & Initial Draft Response - CAN003448
#325	Pacific Region Integrated Fisheries Management Plan Salmon Southern BC, Jun 1 2009-May 31, 2010 [Second Draft] - CAN004024
#326	2009 Briefing Note to Minister Pacific Region - Pacific Regions Approval, May 28 2009, unredacted, without Attachments
#327	Briefing Note to Minister - Approval of 2009-2010 IFMPs for Salmon in Northern & Southern BC, with Attachments - CAN285370

Evidentiary Hearing
January 18, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#328	Curriculum Vitae of Michael Lapointe
#329	Proposed 2009 Fisheries Management Division Sampling Program Recommendations, Sep 22, 2008 - CAN013967
#330	Record of Management Strategies - RMS 2009 NearFinal Draft
#331	Document Prepared by PSC Staff with Respect to the Pre-Season Fishery Planning Model - CAN285373
#332	2010 Post-Season Meeting - Briefing for the Canadian Commissioners - Fraser River Panel, Jan 11-15, 2010 - CAN097756
#333	Document Prepared by PSC Staff with Respect to Difference Between Estimates and Post-Season Run-Size Estimates - PSC009319

Evidentiary Hearing
January 19, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Evidentiary Hearing
January 20, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#334	Report -Can We Do Pre-Season Forecasting Effectively - CAN017837
#335	Final Report, Fraser River Sockeye 2006 Post Season Review, May 2007 - CAN043234
#336	Draft Minutes Aug 18 Fraser River Panel - CAN029955

Evidentiary Hearing
January 21, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 1:30PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)
Barry Rosenberger (Area director, BC Interior, DFO; Canadian chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#337	Southern Boundary Restoration & Enhancement Fund - Project Concept 2008 - CAN003645
#338	Post-Season Report for 2009 Canadian Treaty Limit Fisheries - CAN003234
#339	Post Season Report for 2009 Southern BC Fisheries - CAN056738
#340	Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon in 2009 - CAN10712
#341	Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in 2010
#342	Integrated Salmon Harvest Planning Committee - Terms of Reference - CAN002928
#343	The BC Commercial Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Public Certification Report Vol 1
#343A	The BC Commercial Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Public Certification Report Vol 2 - Stakeholder Submission Appendicies
#343B	The BC Commercial Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Public Certification Report Vol 3 - Team Response Appendices

Evidentiary Hearing
January 24, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)
Barry Rosenberger (Area director, BC Interior, DFO; Canadian chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#344	Letter from Pacific MCC to Geoff Regan, Minister, DFO , Sep 26, 2005 - CAN263866
#345	Email from Craig Orr to Paul Sprout et al, re MCC response to FRP invite, Jul 18, 2007 - CAN202663
#346	Letter from Paul Sprout to Craig Orr, re FRP appt, Jul 26, 2007 - CAN006958
#347	Letter from Paul Ryall to K Wilson et al, re Recomendations from the MCC on So Coast IMFP, 2009 - CAN056346
#348	Beyond the Fraser Mixed Stock Fishery, drafted Jun 29, 2007 - CAN153769

Evidentiary Hearing
January 25, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Please note the hearing adjourned at noon today.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 1)

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)
Barry Rosenberger (Area director, BC Interior, DFO; Canadian chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#349

Integrated Fishing Management Plan, Salmon Northern BC, 2010-2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
January 26, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Sue Grant (Head, Sockeye and Pink Analytical Program, Stock Assessment Division, DFO)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)

Exhibit List

#350	Curriculum Vitae of Sue Grant - CAN185936
#351	Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye for 2006, Research Document 2006-060 - CAN002926
#352	Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in 2010, Research Document 2010-042 - CAN185610
#353	Hydroacoustic Working Group (HaWG) Minutes, 14-15 Dec 2004 - CAN065011

Evidentiary Hearing
January 27, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Mike Lapointe (* Chief Biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission)
David Patterson (Habitat Research Biologist, Cooperative Resource Management Institute, DFO)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

David Patterson (Habitat Research Biologist, Cooperative Resource Management Institute, DFO)

Exhibit List

#340A	Colour version of Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon in 2009 - NonRT
#352A	Colour version of Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in 2010, Research Document 2010-042 - NonRT
#354	Email from Mel Kotyk to Mike Lapointe et al, Jul 11, 2008 re Sumas FN Fishing and Mission HA site - CAN204994
#355	Memo from Mike Lapointe on Importance of Location of Mission Acoustics Program, Nov 1, 2009 - NonRT
#356	Memo from Mike Lapointe on Uses and Value of Qualark Acoustics Program, Nov 19, 2010 - NonRT
#357	A Brief History of Fraser River Hydroacoustics - CAN171500
#358	Integrated Fraser Assessment Concept, Aug, 3 2006 - NonRT
#359	Fraser Salmon Legacy Project - CAN064973
#360	Workshop on Hydroacoustics for Salmon Mgmt, Mar 22-23, 2006 - CAN064768
#361	Email and chart from George Cronkite re Qualark operating costs breakdown, Sep 29, 2010 - NonRT
#362	Curriculum Vitae of David Patterson

Evidentiary Hearing
January 31, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Brian Assu (Councillor, We Wai Kai Nation; member, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Jim Cave (Head, Stock Monitoring, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Paul Ryall (Former Lead, Salmon Team and Former Fraser River Panel Chair, DFO)

Exhibit List

#363	Curriculum Vitae of Jim Cave
#364	Curriculum Vitae of Brian Assu
#365	Curriculum Vitae of Paul Ryall - CAN185412
#366	Policy for FR Panel Authorized Fraser Sockeye and Pink Salmon Test Fisheries, Jun 18, 2009 - CAN017595
#367	Joint Project Agreement between Canada, PSC, BCWHSPA, May 2009 - CAN065910
#368	Extended DMC Mid-Year Review Record of Decisions, Nov 1 2006 - NonRT
#369	Departmental Policies & Guidelines Developed in Response to Larocque and Fed Court Decisions - CAN146548
#370	Larocque Decision and Cost Implications for Science, Oct 2006 - NonRT
#371	Summary of Test Fishing Program Costs 2007-2010 - NonRT
#372	Possible Options to Reduce Test Fishing Costs in 2001 - CAN013783
#373	Further Review of the Conseq of Reduced Test Fishing as Result of Larocque - CAN013785
#374	Return Abundance and Total Exploitation Rate, Areas 11-13 and 20 Net Fisheries - NonRT
#375	Review of Area D Assessment Fishery, Apr 2009 - CAN024346

Evidentiary Hearing
February 1, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Gerry Kristianson (Chair, Sport Fishing Advisory Board; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Pat Matthew (Conservation and Stewardship Coordinator, Secwepemc Fisheries Commission)
Wayne Saito (Fisheries management consultant; former chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Brian Assu (Councillor, We Wai Kai Nation; member, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Jim Cave (Head, Stock Monitoring, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Paul Ryall (Former Lead, Salmon Team and Former Fraser River Panel Chair, DFO)

Exhibit List

#376	Bio of Gerry Kristianson - NonRT
#377	Curriculum Vitae of Wayne Saito - CAN185618
#378	Resume of Pat Matthew - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
February 2, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)
Timber Whitehouse (Area chief, Fraser River Salmon Stock Assessment, Lower Fraser River and BC Interior areas, DFO)

Exhibit List

#379	Resume of Timber Whitehouse - CAN285162
#380	Email from Timber Whitehouse to Alan Cass, re Fraser Sockeye Calibration Work, Feb 3 2010 - CAN170247
#381	Salmon Stock Assessment Plan 2004-2005 - CAN058266
#382	Draft Decision Note from Brian Riddell to RDG, July 9 2007 - CAN062201
#383	Email from Chuck Parken to Brian Riddell, July 7 2005, with attached Excel - Funding Summary BCI STA 98-05 - CAN058261 & CAN058262
#384	Impact Statement - STAD Budget Challenge 2002-2003 BCIA - FRS Enumeration, 2003 - CAN008206
#385	Letter from Pacific Salmon Commission, Concern re Escapement Assessment Programs, Aug 26 2002
#386	Letter from Fraser River Panel with attachments, FR Sockeye and Pink Spawning Enumeration Programs, May 1 2003
#387	Email from Gord Sterritt to Timber Whitehouse et al, NSTC - DFO STAD Activities in the NStQ Territories for 2009, May 5 2009
#388	Fraser Salmon Stock Assessment Funding 2000-2009

Evidentiary Hearing
February 3, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)
Timber Whitehouse (Area chief, Fraser River Salmon Stock Assessment, Lower Fraser River and BC Interior areas, DFO)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Gord Sterritt (Fisheries resource manager, Northern Shuswap Tribal Council)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Gerry Kristianson (Chair, Sport Fishing Advisory Board; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Pat Matthew (Conservation and Stewardship Coordinator, Secwepemc Fisheries Commission)
Wayne Saito (Fisheries management consultant; former chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Exhibit List

#389	Resume of Gord Sterritt - NonRT
#390	Secwepemc Fisheries Consultation & Engagement Matrix, Dec 2010 - NonRT
#391	Recommendations and Comments for Pacific Region IFMP, So BC 2009-10, Apr 20 2009 - CAN056340
#392	Framework for the Integrated Salmon Dialogue Forum, April 2007 - NonRT
#393	Making Peace and Decisions in the Salmon Fishery - Module 1: Opening the Lenses - NonRT
#393A	Making Peace and Decisions in the Salmon Fishery - Module 2: Participation Driven Collaboration: Basic Concepts and Context - NonRT
#393B	Making Peace and Decisions in the Salmon Fishery - Module 3: Reaching Outcomes: The Four Stages of Good Process - NonRT
#393C	Making Peace and Decisions in the Salmon Fishery - Module 4: Applying Participation Driven Collaboration to Fisheries Issues in Community Peacemaking Circles - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
February 7, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Alan Cass (Former regional head, Centre for Science Advice Pacific, DFO)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Alan Cass (Former regional head, Centre for Science Advice Pacific, DFO)
Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Michael Staley (Fisheries management consultant; member, Fraser River Panel Technical Committee)
Ken Wilson (Fisheries biologist consultant)

Exhibit List

#394	Resume of Al Cass - CAN185914
#395	FRS Mgmt and Enhancement Plan Summary Report, Draft Dec 19 1988 - CAN185434
#396	Cass, Folkes et al - Methods for Assessing Harvest Rules for FRSS [2004-025] - CAN002790
#397	Cass and Grout - Workshop to Assess Population Dynamics of Cyclic FRS and Implication for Mgmt, Feb 7-8 2006 [2006-004] - CAN002835
#398	2008 Collaborative Development of Escapement Strategies for FRS-Summary Report 2003-08 - CAN002907
#399	Pestal, et al - Updated Methods for Assessing Harvest Rules for FRSS - v9, May 18 2010 - CAN185438
#400	Staley - FRSSI: A Review for the Cohen Commission, Oct 2010 - CAN285380
#401	Resume of Mike Staley - NonRT
#402	Resume of Ken Wilson - NonRT
#403	A Framework for Socio-Economic Analysis to Inform Integrated Fisheries Mgmt Planning and Fish Harvest Decisions, Apr 2008 - CAN0029

Evidentiary Hearing
February 8, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Please note the early start time.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

David Patterson (Habitat Research Biologist, Cooperative Resource Management Institute, DFO)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Alan Cass (Former regional head, Centre for Science Advice Pacific, DFO)
Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Michael Staley (Fisheries management consultant; member, Fraser River Panel Technical Committee)
Ken Wilson (Fisheries biologist consultant)

Exhibit List

#404	Patterson - Improvements to Environmental Mgmt Adjustment Models- SEF Final Report - CAN002886
#405	Cummings, et al - Impact of Different Performance Measures on Model Selection for FRSS, Nov 3 2010 - CAN285112
#406	Environmental Watch Program Overview with Specific Reference to FRSS - CAN053407
#407	Fraser Sockeye Escapement Strategy 2010 Model Overview and Summary of 2010 Planning Simulations - CAN252068
#408	Fraser Sockeye Escapement Strategy 2007, Apr 23 2007 - CAN003007
#409	Fraser Sockeye Escapement Strategy 2008 - v7, May 1 2008 - CAN067863
#410	FRSSI Presentation to CSAP Meeting, May 2010 - CAN279688
#411	Guidelines for Applying Updated Methods for Assessing Harvest Rules for FRSS - [2010-070] Jan 18 2011 - NonRT
#412	Letter from Wilson, Orr and Young to Paul Ryall, Feb 28 2007 re FRSSI/WSP Pilot - CAN055854
#413	FRSSI Report, prepared by Ken Wilson for UFFCA , Mar 2009 - CAN006808

Evidentiary Hearing
February 9, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)
Dr. Carl Walters (Professor, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)
Ken Wilson (Fisheries biologist consultant)
Dr. Jim Woodey (Former chief biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission )

Exhibit List

#414	Bio of Dr. James Woodey - NonRT
#415	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Carl Walters - NonRT
#416	1985 Fraser River Sockeye Forecast (IPSFC) - NonRT
#417	Walters et al - Does Over-Escapement Cause Salmon Stock Collapse, (PFRCC) Apr 2004 - CAN002587

Evidentiary Hearing
February 10, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)
Dr. Carl Walters (Professor, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)
Ken Wilson (Fisheries biologist consultant)
Dr. Jim Woodey (Former chief biologist, Pacific Salmon Commission )

Exhibit List

#418	Gilhousen - Estimation of Fraser River Sockeye Escapements from Commercial Harvest Data, 1892-1944 (IPSFC) - CAN005106
#419	Clark et al - Biological and Fishery-Related Aspects of Overescapement in Alaskan Sockeye Salmon, Dec 2007 - GIL000005
#420	2010 Summer Run Sockeye Salmon-Near Final Escapement Estimates (DFO) - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
February 11, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Dr. Gerry Kristianson (Chair, Sport Fishing Advisory Board; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Wayne Saito (Fisheries management consultant; former chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Brian Assu (Councillor, We Wai Kai Nation; member, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Peter Sakich (Co-chair, Commercial Salmon Advisory Board; chair, ISDF Monitoring and Compliance Panel; member, Area H Harvest Committee)
Jeffery Young (Aquatic biologist, David Suzuki Foundation; member, Marine Conservation Caucus and the Canadian Caucus of the Fraser River Panel)

Exhibit List

#421	Sport Fishery Advisory Board Terms of Reference, Jan 2010 (SFAB) - CAN202425
#422	Bio of Peter Sakich - NonRT
#423	Curriculum Vitae of Jeffery Young - CON000077
#424	Letter from Wilson, Orr and Young to Paul Ryall, Mar 4 2009 - CAN056344
#425	Letter from Orr, Young et al to Paul Sprout, May 23 2007 re IFMP - CAN055652
#426	Letter from Husband, Young et al (MCC) to IHPC Members, Apr 19 2006 re IHPC Process and Cultus Negotiating Principles - CAN171190
#427	Letter from Orr, Young et al to Minister Geoff Regan, Jun 28 2005 - CAN042499
#428	Fishery Monitoring in the Pacific Region - Charting Our Course-Strategy for Improved Confidence and Support, Draft Oct 2010 (M&C)- NonRT
#429	Strategic Framework for Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting in the Pacific Fisheries, Draft Nov 2010 (DFO) - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
February 14, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until February 21.

Evidentiary Hearing
February 15, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until February 21.

Evidentiary Hearing
February 16, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until February 21.

Evidentiary Hearing
February 17, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until February 21.

Evidentiary Hearing
February 18, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until February 21.

Evidentiary Hearing
February 21, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Gordon Curry (Aboriginal fisheries strategic planner, DFO, formerly worked with DFO Selective Fisheries Program)
Dr. Brent Hargreaves (Acting lead, Salmon Team, and research scientist, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)

Exhibit List

PPR6	Commercial Salmon Fishing - Licensing, Allocation, and Related Issues, 22 Dec 2010 - NonRT
#430	Resume of Brent Hargreaves - CAN285117
#431	Curriculum Vitae of Gordon Curry - CAN185697
#432	Selective (Salmon) Fisheries Program, Final Report - CAN000444
#433	Mortality Rates of Coho Salmon Caught by Commercial Salmon Gillnets and the Effectiveness of Revival Tanks and Reduced Soak Time for Decreasing Coho Mortality Rates - [2001-154] - CAN004335
#434	PSARC Request for Working Paper - Review of Selective Fishing Gear and Methods Used by Commercial Salmon Seine Vessels to Minimize Mortality of Non-Target Species, 22 Oct 2004 - CAN167003
#435	Summaries of Selective Fishing Projects, Oct 8 2003 - CAN176467
#436-01	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 1: Overview Module - CAN295247
#436-02	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 2: Species Identification - CAN295247
#436-03	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 3: Live Handling Procedures - CAN295247
#436-04	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 4: Selective and Responsible Troll Fishing - CAN295247
#436-05	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 5: Selective and Responsible Gillnet Fishing - CAN295247
#436-06	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 6: Selective and Responsible Seine Fishing - CAN295247
#436-07	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 7: BC Salmon Quest for Quality - CAN295247
#436-08	Salmon Sense: A Training Series for Responsible Fishing [videos] - 8: First Nations Selective Fishing - CAN295247
#437	Selective Fishing Newsletter Vol. 1, Issues 1-3, 2001-2002 - NonRT
#438	Curry and Fearon, Industry & Departmental Responsible & Selective Salmon Fishing Training Program Development-The East Coast Experience, May 2000 - NonRT
#439	Selective Fisheries Policy and Practice, Jan 1999 - CAN000288
#440	Memo for the RDG (Decision Sought) - Selective Fishing in the 2004 Area A & B Seine Fisheries, with attached May 13 2004 email from Chris Ashton - CAN184164
#441	Pacific Salmon Selective Fishing Program Evaluation [60278], Draft Feb 11 2005 [Audit & Evaluation Directorate DFO] - CAN018739
#442	Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, 1995 [Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN] - CAN000077
#443	Canadian Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing Operations, Consensus Code 1998 [website] - NonRT
#444	Maps of Commercial Fishing Areas, excerpted from Exhibits 349 and 445 - NonRT
#445	Pacific Region IFMP Salmon Southern BC, Jun 1 2010 - May 31 2011 - NonRT version
#446	Factual Validation and Commentary on Audit and Evaulation Report [60278], Nov 2004 - Pacific Salmon Selective Fishing Program - CAN290077
#447	C&P-Pacific Comments on Draft Advisory Report Nov 2004 - Pacific Salmon Selective Fishing Program Evaluation [60278] - CAN290079
#448	Briefing Note for the Minister, prepared by Brent Hargreaves, Draft 2000 - CAN001787
#449	Selective (Salmon) Fishing Update-2004 Overview & Process, 2004 Projects, Recommendations for 2005 [presentation] - NonRT
#450	From River to Plate 2009 - An Implementation Update & 2008 Activities Report - CAN037620

Evidentiary Hearing
February 22, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Chris Ashton (Executive director, Area B Harvest Committee)
Dennis Brown (Area E Harvest Committee)
Ryan McEachern (Area D Harvest Committee)
Peter Sakich (Co-chair, Commercial Salmon Advisory Board; chair, ISDF Monitoring and Compliance Panel; member, Area H Harvest Committee)

Exhibit List

#451	Bio of Ryan McEachern - NonRT
#452	Bio of Chris Ashton - NonRT
#453	Bio of Dennis Brown - NonRT
#454	Bundle of 5 Documents re Selectivity Grids in Knotless Bunts, dated between May 5 2004 - Jul 12 2004 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
February 23, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)

Exhibit List

#455	Altering Course: Report to Minister DFO on Intersectoral Allocations of Salmon in BC [May Report], Dec 1996 - CAN000280
#456	Recommendations for Policy Changes Implementing Several Recommendations of the May Report [Toy Report], Mar 16 1998 - CAN000385
#457	Report to Minister DFO re Commercial Salmon Allocation [Kelleher Report], Apr 30 1998 - CAN035982
#458	Summary of Final 2009 Allocation Charts and Tables from the CSAB/DFO Allocation Mtg, Apr 15 2009 - CAN006509
#459	Bert Ionson, Commercial Salmon Allocation, Draft Oct 12 2007 - CAN006502
#460	Annual Salmon Process [DFO] - CAN006871
#461	Southern Salmon Integration Project Scoping Report - CAN145974
#462	Sample Letter to License Holders re Commercial Salmon Demonstration Fisheries Background, 2008 - CAN016970
#463	Memo for the Deputy Minister (Info Only) - 2009 Commercial Salmon Demo Fishery Planning, Dec 24 2008 - CAN045538
#464	Untitled Chart Showing Ballot Summary [Excel] (undated) - CAN023804
#465	Review of Five Demonstration Projects from the 2008 Salmon Season, Oct 2009 - CAN032021
#466	2003 Area H IQ Demonstration Fishery-Project Summary and Evaluation, Nov 2003 - CAN015858
#467	Area H Troll Sockeye Demonstration Fishery in 2006-A Review, Jun 2007 - CAN148099
#468	Defined Shares for Salmon Mgmt-Building a Strategy, Ops Cmte Discussion, Jul 21 2009 - CAN007424
#469	Discussion Paper Towards Share Based Mgmt of the BC Commercial Salmon Fishery, Jan 2009 [DFO] - CAN154213
#470	Strategic Plan for Salmon Share Based Mgmt, Draft Mar 23 2009 [DFO] - CAN003198
#471	Workshop Summary-DFO Internal Workshop on Implementing Share Based Mgmt in Pacific Salmon Fishery, Mar 4-5 2008 - CAN029976
#472	Salmon Mgmt Reform, SCORE Report (undated) - CAN002611
#473	Indep Review of Improved Decision Making in the Pacific Salmon Fishery-Final Recommendations, May 16 2001 - CAN047080
#474	Commercial Salmon Advisory Board and Area Harvest Cmte TOR - CAN006546
#475	TOR Recreation-Commercial Salmon Allocation Implementation Cmte - CAN005297
#476	Conditions of 2010-2011 Salmon Area B (Seine) Licence - CAN185393
#477	Conditions of 2010-2011 Salmon Area E (Gill Net) Licence - CAN185388
#478	Conditions of 2010-2011 Salmon Area H (Troll) Licence - CAN185389
#479	Fisheries Mgmt Decision, Pacific Salmon - Areas B D E G H, Jul 3 2009 [website] - NonRT
#480	Pacific Fishery Reform-Response to the Reports of the Joint Task Group & First Nations Panel, Apr 14 2005 - CAN045930
#481	Sustaining America's Fisheries and Fishing Communities - An Evaluation of Incentive-Based Mgmt - CAN224225

Evidentiary Hearing
February 24, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)

Exhibit List

#482	Letter from Ron Kadowaki to Dave Barrett (Interim ED of CSAB), Aug 13 2007 - CAN006616
#483	Pacific Commercial Fishing Fleet-Financial Profiles for 2007, Feb 25 2009 [Prepared by Nelson Bros for DFO] - NonRT
#484	Briefing-A Cautionary Tale about ITQ Fisheries, 2009 [Ecotrust Canada] - CCI001116
#485	Pinkerton and Edwards, The Elephant in the Room-The Hidden Costs of Leasing Individual Transferable Fishing Quotas, Feb 2009 - CCI001117
#486	Industry and Coastal Communities-Socioeconomic Review, undated [Prepared by S&H Consulting for Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council ] - CAN152445

Evidentiary Hearing
February 28, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Chris Ashton (Executive director, Area B Harvest Committee)
Dennis Brown (Area E Harvest Committee)
Ryan McEachern (Area D Harvest Committee)
Peter Sakich (Co-chair, Commercial Salmon Advisory Board; chair, ISDF Monitoring and Compliance Panel; member, Area H Harvest Committee)

Commercial Fishing

Jeff Grout (Salmon resource manager, Salmon Team, DFO)

Exhibit List

#487	Email from Ryan MacEachern to Area D Members, Jun 8 2008 - CAN224224
#488	Letter from Randy Brahniuk to Area D Harvest Committee re Commercial Demo Fishery Concept Proposal, Feb 18 2010 - NonRT
#489	Email from Gordon Curry to Chris Cue and Chris Ashton, with 3 Attachments [A-C], Jan 17 2005 - NonRT
#489A	Presentation Notes from Paul and John Brajcich, Dec 2004 - NonRT
#489B	Selective Fishing Meeting-Seine Grids and Knotless Bunts - Agenda and Results, Dec 8 2004 - NonRT
#489C	Selectivity Grids in the Salmon Seine Fishery of BC - Project Summary, Dec 2004 - NonRT
#490	Gordon Curry, Grids and Knotless Bunts Update, Feb 1 2005 - NonRT
#491	(Formerly For ID - S) Copes and Parzival, Socioeconomics of ITQs and Community-Based Fishery Mgmt, Oct 2004- CAN004984
#492	Corresp, Haida Nation and DFO - Arnie Bellis to Paul Sprout, Apr 12 2005 - FNC000088
#492A	Corresp, Haida Nation and DFO - Mandell Pinder to DFO et al, May 24 2005 - FNC000089
#492B	Corresp, Haida Nation and DFO - Paul Sprout to Arnie Bellis - June 15 2005 - FNC000090
#492C	Corresp, Haida Nation and DFO - Paul Sprout to Mandell Pinder, June 16 2005 - FNC000091
#492D	Corresp, Haida Nation and DFO - Geoff Regan to Guujaw, Sep 6 2005 - FNC000081
#492E	Haida Fisheries Cmte, Response to Feb 28 2005 Pres on Pacific Fisheries Renewal - FNC000086
#492F	Corresp, Haida Nation and DFO - Arnie Bellis to Geoff Regan, Apr 12 2005 - FNC000087
#493	Our Place at the Table-First Nations in the BC Fishery, 2004 [FN panel on Fisheries] - CAN007488
#494	Shared Stewardship: Stability, Transparency, & Predictability, Nov 26 2010 [DFO Presentation] - NonRT
#495	Letter from FNFC to Claire Dansereau re Proposed Changes to Process for Allocations in Pacific Fisheries, Jan 27 2011 - NonRT
#496	Statement by Gail Shea, Minister DFO re Pacific Halibut, Feb 15 2011, with News Release and Open Letter from First Nations Summit, Feb 16 2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 1, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Bill Duncan (Business agent, Native Brotherhood of British Columbia)
Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Kathy Scarfo (President, West Coast (Area G) Trollers Association)

Exhibit List

#497	Dennis Brown, Salmon Wars [book] - NonRT (Note: This exhibit is a book is not online for copyright reasons. Please contact the author.) This file is not available at this time.
#497A	Excerpt, pages 134-135 from Salmon Wars [Exh 497] - NonRT
#498	Bio of Kathy Scarfo - NonRT
#499	Bio of Bill Duncan - NonRT
#500	Amendment Style-Use of Amendment to Manage Small TAC (overage-underages), 2004 or 2005 [Area G] - NonRT
#501	West Coast Vancouver Island Troll Fishery Map, Zones 1-35 - NonRT
#502	Senate Interim Report on Canada's New and Evolving Policy Framework for Managing Fisheries and Oceans, May 2005 - NonRT
#503	Michelle James, Native Participation in BC Commercial Fisheries, Nov 2003 - BCP000382
#504	BC Seafood Industry Year in Review 1993 - NonRT
#505	BC Seafood Industry Year in Review 1996 - NonRT
#506	BC Seafood Industry Year in Review 2000 - NonRT
#507	BC Seafood Industry Year in Review 2007 - NonRT
#508	BC Commercial Sockeye Harvest and Value 1990-2010 [Graph] - NonRT
#509	Gislason, Employment Impacts of ITQ Fisheries in Pacific Canada, Mar 2008 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 2, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Recreational Fishing

Witnesses

Recreational Fishing

Devona Adams (Recreational Fisheries Coordinator, Salmon Team, DFO)
Deborah Sneddon (Resource manager, Recreational Fisheries, Lower Fraser Area, DFO)
Joe Tadey (Biologist/Program Head: Chum, Pink and Recreational Fisheries Program, DFO)

Exhibit List

#510	BC Seafood Industry Year in Review 2004 - NonRT
PPR7	Recreational Salmon Fishing: Licensing, Management and Related Issues, Feb 7 2011 - NonRT
#511	Resume of Devona Adams - CAN185416
#512	Curriculum Vitae of Deborah Sneddon - CAN185917
#513	Curriculum Vitae of Joe Tadey - NonRT
#514	Memo re Issue Meeting with Sport Fishery Advisory Board Representatives re Cost Recovery (SFAB) - CAN036095
#515	Recreational Program Delivery Costs, Discussion Draft Only, Mar 26 2006 [Chart] - NonRT
#516	Pacific Region Statistics - Annual Comparison of Sales TWS Database and NRLS, 2010-2011 [DFO] - NonRT
#517	2009-2011 BC Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide [DFO] - CAN046961
#518	2009-2011 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement [DFO] - CAN046962
#519	Email from D. Adams to F. Staiger re Fraser River Fishing Lodge & Resort, Aug 13 2007 - CAN085354
#520	Fishery Notice, Region 2 - No Fishing for Sockeye in Non-tidal Waters of FR, Aug 11, 2009 [DFO] - CAN103847
#521	Email from D. Sneddon to J. Grout et al re Recreational Chinook Fishery, Aug 11 2009 - CAN133014
#522	Email from D. Sneddon to J. Grout re Salmon Region 2 Non-Tidal Waters of the Fraser River - CAN086957
#523	Sport Fishing Advisory Board, An Overview and Organizational Chart - CAN013703
#524	Terms of Reference, Regional Sport Fishery Advisory Cmtes, Jan 2010 [SFAB] - CAN202387
#525	Terms of Reference, Local Sport Fishing Advisory Cmtes, Jan 2010 [SFAB] - CAN202388
#526	Email from D. Sneddon to P. Ryall re Recreational Sockeye Mgmt, Jun 22 2009 with 3 Attachments [A-C] - CAN056590
#526A	Memo to RDFAM - Decision Guidelines for the Recreational FRS Fishery, Mar 2006 - CAN056591
#526B	Transmittal Cover from J. Wild, to D. Radford, RDFAM for Memo at Exh 526A, Mar 6 2006 - CAN056592
#526C	Appendix 1-Regulation of the Recreational FRS Fishery - CAN056593
#527	Vision for Recreational Fisheries in BC, 2009-2013, Approved Jan 2010 - CAN002925
#528	2008 Lower FRS Recreational Hook and Release Mortality Study, Feb 2009 - CAN017660
#529	2008 Lower FRS Recreational Hook and Release Mortality Study, Preliminary Summary, Oct 2008 - NonRT
#530	2009 Lower FRS Recreational Hook and Release Mortality Study, Summary of Findings, Jun 2010 - NonRT
#531	2010 Lower FRS Recreational Hook and Release Mortality Study, Summary of Findings, Nov 2010 - NonRT
#532	Tadey et al, Fraser Stock Assessment - Recreational Fisheries Assessments, Oct 26 2010 - NonRT
#533	Email from J. Mahoney to T. Whitehouse re August Fraser Rec Angling Method Breakdown, Aug 31 2009 with 1 Attachement [A] - CAN177233
#533A	2009 Recreational Angling Methods Observed during the lower FR Mainstem IRCs, [Excel] - CAN177234
#534	FR Recreational Fishery Estimates-General Overview on How They are Generated, Nov 24 2009 [DFO] - CAN026702
#535	Recreational Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultation Document, Sep 2004 Draft [DFO] - CAN018637
#536	Information on the 2009 FR Recreational Fishery, Nov 25, 2009 [DFO] - CAN044406
#537	News Release - Chehalis Opens Salmon Sport Fishing Trail, [BC FedDrift Fishers & Chehalis Indian Band] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 3, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Recreational Fishing

Witnesses

Recreational Fishing

Devona Adams (Recreational Fisheries Coordinator, Salmon Team, DFO)
Deborah Sneddon (Resource manager, Recreational Fisheries, Lower Fraser Area, DFO)
Joe Tadey (Biologist/Program Head: Chum, Pink and Recreational Fisheries Program, DFO)

Exhibit List

#538	Email from J. Tadey to T. Whitehouse re Early August Lower Fraser Rec Methods, Aug 17 2009 with 1 Attachment [A] - CAN199592
#538A	Early August Fraser Recreational Angling Method Breakdown, Aug 17 2009 [Excel] - CAN199593
#539	Post Season - Recreational Fisheries Assessments - Creel Survey Results 2001 to Present [DFO website] - NonRT
#526D	DRAFT Memo to RDFAM - Decision Guidelines for the Recreational FRS Fishery - CAN012736
#540	Jones and Williams-Davidson, Applying Haida Ethics in Today\'s Fishery, Ch 6 of Just Fish-Ethics and Canadian Marine Fisheries, 2000 - FNC000023
#541	Draft for Consideration - Sport Fishing Lodge Certification Program [FNFC] - NonRT
#542	Draft Issues & Alternatives, Sport Angling Behaviour, Apr 18 2007 [CRWS] - CAN044363
#543	Page 45, Excerpted from BC Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 - CAN002461
#544	Briefing Note for Dep Minister, FR Recreational Fisheries for Sockeye 2007 - CAN076665
#545	Exploring Ways to Improve Our Understandings around Monitoring and Compliance, Draft Nov 17, 2010 [FRST Workshop] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 4, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy - Regional Director General

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy - Regional Director General

Susan Farlinger (Regional Director General, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Sprout (Former regional director general, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

#273A	Fishery Checklist 2010-2011 - NonRT
#276A	Departmental Cmte on Ecological Risk Assessments Guide to Ecological Risk Analysis, Draft Sep 2009 - CAN024784

Evidentiary Hearing
March 7, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Recreational Fishing

Witnesses

Recreational Fishing

Dr. Gerry Kristianson (Chair, Sport Fishing Advisory Board; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Frank Kwak (President, Fraser Valley Salmon Society; director, Sport Fishing Advisory Board)
Jeremy Maynard (Director, Sport Fishing Advisory Board)

Exhibit List

#546	Fish/Fishing Resume of Jeremy Maynard - NonRT
#547	Bio of Frank Kwak - NonRT
#548	Kristianson and Strongthairn, Evolution of Recreational Salmon Fisheries in BC - Report to PFRCC, June 2006 - CAN002605
#549	River Manners: Etiquette for a Changing Fishery [pamphlet] - NonRT
#550	Gislason, BC Seafood Sector and Tidal Water Recreational Fishing, Final Report, Feb 2004 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 8, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 9: Potential Climate Change Effects on Survival of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 9: Potential Climate Change Effects on Survival of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

Dr. Scott Hinch (* Professor, Department of Forest Sciences and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia)
Dr. Eduardo Martins (* Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia)

Exhibit List

#551	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Scott Hinch - NonRT
#552	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Eduardo Martins - NonRT
#553	Cohen Commission Technical Report 9 - Climate Change - Feb 2011 - NonRT
#554	Hinch, FR Peak Summer Temperatures [slide] - NonRT
#555	Hinch, Metabolic Scope and Temperature [slide] - NonRT
#556	Hinch, Metabolic Scope and Temperature Profiles for 3 Fraser Salmon Stocks [slide] - NonRT
#557	Proceedings, Conference on Early Migration & Premature Mortality in FR Late-Run Sockeye Salmon, Jun 16-18, 2008 - CAN015840
#558	Miller, Genomic Signatures Predict Migration and Spawning Failure in Wild Canadian Salmon - NonRT and AQU000284
#559	Young, Hinch et al, Physiological and Energetic Correlates of En Route Mortality - CAN257472
#560	Walker & Sydneysmith, Chapter 8, British Columbia in From Impacts to Adaptation-Canada in a Changing Climate - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 9, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 9: Potential Climate Change Effects on Survival of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 9: Potential Climate Change Effects on Survival of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

Dr. Scott Hinch (* Professor, Department of Forest Sciences and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia)
Dr. Eduardo Martins (* Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia)

Exhibit List

#561

Farrell, Hinch et al, Pacific Salmon in Hot Water: Applying Aerobic Scope Models and Biotelemetry to Predict the Success of Spawning Migrations - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 10, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 3: Status of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon and the Role of Freshwater Ecology in their Decline

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 3: Status of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon and the Role of Freshwater Ecology in their Decline

Marc Nelitz (* Systems Ecologist, Environmental Management Team, ESSA Technologies)
Katherine Wieckowski (* Systems Ecologist, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Team, ESSA Technologies)

Exhibit List

#562	Cohen Commission Technical Report 3 - Freshwater Ecology & CU Status - Feb 2011 - NonRT
#562A	Modified Figure 5 from Technical Report 3 (Revised Mar 8 2011) - NonRT
#563	Curriculum Vitae of Marc Nelitz - NonRT
#564	Curriculum Vitae of Katherine Bryan - NonRT
#565	Curriculum Vitae of Alexander Hall - NonRT
#566	Curriculum Vitae of David Marmorek - NonRT
#567	Curriculum Vitae of Diana Abraham - NonRT
#568	Curriculum Vitae of Eric Parkinson CV - NonRT
#569	Curriculum Vitae of Marc Porter - NonRT
#570	Curriculum Vitae of Katherine Wieckowski - NonRT
#571	Comparison of CU Status Scores for Technical Report 3 (Revised Mar 9 2011) - NonRT
#572	Pestal & Cass, Using Qualitative Risk Evaluations to Prioritize Resource Assessment Activities for FRS [2009-071] - CAN002834
#573	Appendix C to Peterman et al, Synthesis of Evidence from a Worskshop on the Decline of FRS, Jun 15-17 - NonRT
#574	MacDonald et al, Examination of Factors Influencing Nechako River Discharge, Temperature, and Aquatic Habitats, 2007 - CAN002877

Evidentiary Hearing
March 14, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 3: Status of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon and the Role of Freshwater Ecology in their Decline

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 3: Status of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon and the Role of Freshwater Ecology in their Decline

Marc Nelitz (* Systems Ecologist, Environmental Management Team, ESSA Technologies)
Katherine Wieckowski (* Systems Ecologist, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Team, ESSA Technologies)

Exhibit List

#575	Hume et al, Juvenile Sockeye Rearing Capacity of Three Lakes in the Fraser River System, 1996 - CAN186059
#576	Shortreed et al, Using Photosynthetic Rates to Estimate the Juvenile Sockeye Salmon Rearing Capacity of BC Lakes, 2000 - CAN009956

Evidentiary Hearing
March 15, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Commercial Fishing

Witnesses

Commercial Fishing

Bill Duncan (Business agent, Native Brotherhood of British Columbia)
Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Kathy Scarfo (President, West Coast (Area G) Trollers Association)

Commercial Fishing

Lisa Mijacika (Former acting manager, Business Client Services, Licensing and Allocation, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#577	Bill Duncan, Answers to Questions from Don Rosenbloom, Mar 14, 2011 - NonRT
#578	Report on Native Involvement in Commercial Fisheries, April 2001 (Allen Wood for NFA-NBBC) - NonRT
#579	New Policy for Canada's Pacific Salmon Fisheries-Q&A Guide for Commercial Fisherman - BC Fishery, June 1984 [DFO] - NonRT
#580	DFO Promises to All-Citizens Commercial Fleet 1998 (Area E) - NonRT
#581	Allen Wood, First Nations Now Get Less Than 6% of Landed Value of Catch, May 15, 2007 - NonRT
#582	Resume of Lisa Mijacika - NonRT
#583	Pacific Coast Commercial Licensing Handbook, 1994 - CAN000065
#584	Pacific Region Commercial Licensing Policy Review (Commercial Licensing Policy Handbook) Draft 2008 - NonRT
#585	Pacific Region Licensing Rules-Options for Change - Discussion Paper, May 2010 - CAN212318
#586	Pacific Region Licensing Rules-Options for Change - Discussion Paper, Sep 2010 - NonRT
#587	Pacific Fisheries Licensing Unit Manual - Salmon - Category A- 2010-2011 Salmon - NonRT
#588	Memo for RDG (Info Only) - 2009 Plan for Valuation and Use of the Dept's Unallocated Commercial Salmon Licenses - CAN056658
#589	Letter from P. Sprout to Salmon Vessel encl.pdf - 110221 - NonRT
#590	2010 Commercial Licence Status Report - NonRT
#591	2010-2011 - Salmon Area Report (by fee type) - NonRT
#592	Information about the Commercial Fishing Licence Eligibility and Quota Relinquishment Process, Jan 2011 [DFO] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
March 16, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Witnesses

Harvest Management (Part 2)

Paul Ryall (Former Lead, Salmon Team and Former Fraser River Panel Chair, DFO)

Exhibit List

#593	Email chain between D. Trager and A. Webb re Policy Advisory Cmte, Apr 2008 - CAN114061
#594	Consultation Framework for DFO, Mar 2004 - CAN056910
#595	Consultation Toolbox-Guide to Undertaking Consultations, Mar 2004 - CAN022784
#596	Consultation with First Nations-Best Practices, A Living Document, Jun 2006 - CAN063627
#597	Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation - Interim Guidelines for Federal Officials to Fulfill the Legal Duty to Consult, Feb 2008 - NonRT
#598	Letter from P. Ryall to the Marine Conservation Caucus re Recommendations from MCC on the So Coast Salmon IFMP, Aug 31 2009 - CAN056345
#599	Letter from P. Sprout to C. Orr et al, Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus, Salmon Cmte, re IFMP, Jun 25 2007 - CAN055783
#600	Letter from G. Regan to V. Husband, Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus, Salmon Cmte, Sep 7 2005 - CAN042500
#601	(Fomerly for ID - V) - Gislason, Fraser River Sockeye Management: Socio-Economic Implications, June 8 2006 - CAN007899
#602	Report of the Fraser River Panel to PSC on 2001 FRS and Pink Salmon Fishing Season, 2001 - NonRT
#603	Report of the Fraser River Panel to PSC on 2004 FRSS Fishing Season, 2004 - NonRT
#604	2001 Fraser River Salmon Fishery - Report of Standing Committee on Fisheries & Oceans, June 2003 - NonRT
#605	Here We Go Again... or the 2004 Fraser River Salmon Fishery - Report of the Standing Cmte on Fisheries and Oceans, Mar 2005 - NonRT
#606	2004 Southern Salmon Fishery Post-Season Review - Part One-Fraser River Sockeye Report - NonRT
#607	Fisheries Mgmt Plan - Area E Commercial Salmon Fishery 2002 (Area E Gillnetters Assoc) - NonRT
#608	Annual Report of IPSFC, 1961 - NonRT
#609	Cooley, IHPC Evaluation, Mar 2007 - CAN015971

Evidentiary Hearing
March 17, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Advice to the Minister regarding Sockeye Returns in 2009

Witnesses

Advice to the Minister regarding Sockeye Returns in 2009

Dr. Laura Richards (Regional director, Science Branch, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

#610	Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Laura Richards - CAN185463
#611	Anticipated Summary of Evidence, Dr. L. Richards, Mar 17 2011 - NonRT
#612	Email Invitation to Science Mtg on Factors Affecting 2009 Fraser Sockeye Return, with Attached Agenda & Summary - CAN061800-2
#613A	Chlorophyll and Seabirds on Triangle Island - Chlorophyll Concentration as Measured by Satellite, April 1998-2008 - CAN043618
#613B	Chilko Sockeye Slamon Marine Survivals and Early Ocean Conditions, Sep 2009 - CAN047209
#613C	Juvenile Pacific Salmon in the Strait of Georgia - sockeye salmon - CAN185453
#613D	2009 Fraser Sockeye Summary of Hypotheses-Issues - CAN185454
#613E	Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in 200-Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts and Observed Survival-Returns - CAN185455
#613F	Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) 2009 Update (preliminary) - CAN185456
#613G	Epidemic of a Novel, Cancer-Causing Viral Disease May Be Associated with Wild Salmon Declines in BC, Sep 2008 - CAN185457
#613H	Using a DNA-Based Stock Identification to Ellucidate Coastal Migration of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon - CAN185458
#614	Update on Science Review 2009 Fraser Sockeye, with covering email from M Saunders to L Richards, Nov 12 2009 - CAN145385-6
#615	Draft BN for the Minister (Info Only) re Factors Affecting the 2009 Fraser Sockeye Return, with covering email from L Richards to M Saunders, Oct 6 2009 - CAN167485-6
#616	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Potential Causes of Poor Returns of FRSS- with Focus on Sea Lice Impacts, Mar 2 2010, with 2 Atts (A-B) - NonRT
#616A	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Factors Affecting the 2009 Fraser Sockeye Return, Dec 3 2009 - NonRT
#616B	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Potential Causes of Poor Returns of FRSS-with Focus on Disease-Related Factors, Dec 11 2009 - NonRT
#617	Draft Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Brain Lesions Found in Southern BC Salmon Stocks, with covering email from M Saunders to B Hargreaves, Dec 9 2009 - CAN169453-4
#618	Draft Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Potential Causes of Poor Returns of FRSS-with Focus on Sea Lice Impacts, with covering email from A Tompkins to L Richards et al, Dec 23 2009 - CAN167444-5
#619	BN for the Minister (Info Only) re Potential Causes of Poor Returns of FRSS, with Focus on Sea Lice Impacts, Dec 30 2009 - CAN243749
#620	BN for the Minister (Info Only) re Potential Causes of Poor Returns of FRSS, with Focus on Sea Lice Impacts, with covering email from Jean Landry, Jan 5 2010, - CAN289531-2
#621	Action Request from A Webb re PSC Workshop Report Synthesis of Evidence from a Workshop on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye, with attached BN, Sep 2010 - Non-RT
#622	Email thread between T Davis et al re Sample Speeches and Templates, Oct 2 2009 [1 attachment, 622A] - CAN053673
#622A	Draft Speaking Notes for A Member of Parliament, For a Debate on Low Returns of Sockeye Salmon to the Fraser River, Sep 17 2009 - CAN053674
#623	Email thread between D Lake et al re Sample Speeches and Templates, ending Sep 29 2009 - CAN168142
#624	Email from A Webb to L Richards re Sea Lice Speech, Oct 5 2009 with attached Draft Speaking Notes for a Member of Parliament Oct 2009 - CAN145406-7
#625	Email fromn A Webb to T Robbins, L Richards et al re Revised Sea Lice Speech, Oct 5 2009, with attached Draft Speaking Notes for a Member of Parliament Oct 2009 - CAN145404-5
#626	Email from T Robbins to L Richards re SP Fraser River Sockeye Overview, Oct 6 2009, with attached Draft Speaking Notes for a Member of Parliament Sep 17 2009 - CAN167460-1
#627	Email thread from K Miller-Saunders to L Brown, L Richards et al re A discussion on BC Sockeye Salmon and SCience Issues, ending Nov 3 2009 - CAN088698
#628	Email thread from K Miller-Saunders to M Saunders re Version 2, ending Nov 4 2009 - CAN088697
#629	Preparation for Speeches - Non-RT
#630	Speechwriting at DFO, Oct 2002 - Non-RT
#631	Adjournment Proceedings (Late Show Debates), from Compendum of Procedure, House of Commons, Canada, May 2010 - Non-RT
#632	Update on 2009 Fraser Sockeye-Context, Forecasts & Returns - Roundtable Presentation, Sep 11 2009 - CAN039697
#633	Email from T Davis to K Colpitts re Media Lines on Minister's Roundtable on FRS, Sep 11 2009 - CAN053621
#634	Summary of Minister Shea's Pacific Region Visit, Sep 11 2009 - CAN036175
#635	BN re Funding Requested for Research on Links btw Plasmacytoid Leukemia and Shifts in Migration Timing and High Mortality of FRSS, Nov 13 2008 - CAN036194
#636	Letter from G Shea to A Morton [with 2 attachments], Mar 3 2011 - Non-RT
#637	Report on the Workshop on Climate Impacts on Pacific Salmon, Feb 2009 - CAN012548
#638	K Miller, Proposed Research on Suspected Novel Virus from Genomics Studies on Sockeye Salmon (undated) - CAN006148
#639	K Miller, Proposed 2010 DFO Funded Genomic Research relating to Sockeye Declines, Apr 2010 - CAN166765
#640	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) - Strategy to Address the Issue of Sea Lice and Salmon Farms in Pacific Region (undated) - CAN294419
#641	Email from T Davis to B Riddell, L Richards et al re Sea Lice Data, Jan 28 2008 - CAN257535
#642	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) - New Research Results on the Interactions Between and Sea Lice and Juvenile Pink Salmon - CAN286997
#642A	Email from B Riddell to L Richards et al, re Sea Lice Mgmt BN, Jan 31 2008 - CAN286996
#643	Email from T Davis to L Richards et al, re Brian Riddell Article, Aug 19, 2009 - CAN139828
#644	Email from L Richards to T Davis et al, re Brian Riddell Article, Aug 19, 2009 - CAN139832

Evidentiary Hearing
March 21, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 22, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 23, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 24, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 25, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 28, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 29, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 30, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
March 31, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 1, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until April 4.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 4, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Witnesses

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Jason Hwang (Area Manager, British Columbia Interior Area, Oceans Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)
Patrice LeBlanc (Director, Habitat Management Policy Branch, Program Policy Sector, DFO)
Rebecca Reid (Regional director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management; former regional director, Oceans Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

PPR8	PPR8 - DFO's Habitat Management Policies and Practices
#645	Curriculum Vitae of Patrice LeBlanc - CAN185589
#646	Curriculum Vitae of Rebecca Reid - NonRT
#647	Curriculum Vitae of Jason Hwang - CAN185973
#648	Fish Habitat Management presentation, October 27, 2008 - CAN011775
#649	Memorandum - National Evaluation of Fish Habitat Compensation to Achieve No Net Loss - Final Publications for Circulation - CAN197547
#650	DFO & EC Response to May 2009 CESD Audit Report & Progress Made, October 28, 2010 - CAN305146
#651	EPMP Implementation Project Phase 1 Diagnostic - NonRT
#652	Email re EPMP Report - NonRT
#653	Canada-British Columbia Fish Habitat Management Agreement, 2000 - CAN094864
#654	Pacific Region - Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch - NonRT
#655	Inventory of Integrated Planning Initiatives and Intergovernmental Cooperation Processes the Habitat Management Program Supports - NonRT
#656	National Habitat Compliance Protocol between Oceans and Habitat and Fisheries Aquaculture Management, 2007 - CAN304810
#657	National Habitat Compliance Protocol between Habitat Management Program and Conservation and Protection Directorate, 2010 - CAN305143
#658	Regional Habitat Regulatory Decision Framework - CAN193912
#659	Modernizing the Program - EPMP - CAN000078
#660	Habitat Conservation and Stewardship Program - CAN000162

Evidentiary Hearing
April 5, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Witnesses

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Jason Hwang (Area Manager, British Columbia Interior Area, Oceans Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)
Patrice LeBlanc (Director, Habitat Management Policy Branch, Program Policy Sector, DFO)
Rebecca Reid (Regional director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management; former regional director, Oceans Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#661	Briefing Note for DG of Habitat Management - CAN014324
#662	OHEB Key Issues, draft memo, July 26, 2007 - CAN027932
#663	DFO letters dated July 19, 2005 - CAN044502
#664	Reality Stewardship – Survival of The fittest for Community Salmon Groups - NonRT
#665	DFO and EC Response to May 2009 CESD Audit Report and Progress Made - Final Version - NonRT
#666	Letter from John Henderson and Ken Malloway, Co-Chairs of FNFC to Greg Savard, Director of OHEB at DFO dated September 22, 2010 re concerns about mitigation meaures for hydroelectric operations in BC
#667	No Net Loss of Fish Habitat - A Review and Analysis of Habitat Compensation in Canada - CAN197548
#668	Aboriginal-Non-Aboriginal Partnerships FBC Special Report, Sustaining the Basin Spring 2000 - NonRT
#669	Minutes from Assembly of First Nations, National Policy Analysis Group Meeting, Habitat Management Session, December 12-14, 2007 - CAN014387
#670	Interim Guide to the Application of Section 35 of the Fisheries Act to Marine Salmonid Cage Aquaculture - AQU000252
#671	Regional Habitat Regulatory Decision Framework July 2010 - CAN186041

Evidentiary Hearing
April 6, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Witnesses

Habitat Management & Enforcement

David Carter (Regional team leader, Habitat Monitoring, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#672	Curriculum Vitae of David Carter - CAN186069
#673	Habitat Monitoring Update - CAN185559
#674	Pacific Compliance Monitoring Site Visit Form - Marine - CAN285234
#675	Pacific Compliance Monitoring Answer Guide - Page 1 and Page 2 - CAN285232 and CAN285233
#676	Draft Habitat Monitoring Strategic Framework 2010-2015 - CAN315297
#677	Draft National Habitat Monitoring Framework, Dec 15, 2005 - CAN285177
#678	Pacific Region Habitat Monitoring Framework, Feb 15, 2011 - CAN315296
#679	Habitat Monitoring Update - Presentation to Regional Managers, Nov 25, 2010 - CAN305152
#680	Habitat Compliance Decision Framework Fisheries and Oceans Canada Version 1.1 2007 - CAN002958
#681	Discussion Paper - A Scoping of Aboriginal Implications of Renewal of the Fisheries Act 1985, by Russ Jones for the Assembly of First Nations, Mar 30, 2006 - CAN266123

Evidentiary Hearing
April 7, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Witnesses

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Dr. Manon Bombardier (National Director, Environmental Enforcement Directorate, Environment Canada)
Randy Nelson (Director, Conservation and Protection, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Steele (Director general, Conservation and Protection, DFO, Ottawa)

Exhibit List

PPR9	Enforcement of the Habitat Protection and Pollution Prevention Provisions of the Fisheries Act - NonRT
#682	High and Dry-An Investigation of Salmon-Habitat Destruction in BC, David Suzuki Foundation - CAN304722
#683	Memo for the Minister re the David Suzuki Foundation Report on Habitat Enforcement Oct 12, 2007 - CAN055777
#684	Email dated July 25, 2007 enclosing the Briefing Note for the Deputy Minister and 2 appendices - NonRT
#685	Memo for the Deputy Minister re DFO Response to David Suzuki Foundation Report on Habitat Enforcement with Appendices - NonRT
#686	Curriculum Vitae of Paul R. Steele - CAN305151
#687	Curriculum Vitae of Randy A. Nelson - CAN185433
#688	Curriculum Vitae of Manon Bombardier - NonRT
#689	Memorandum of Understanding between DFO and the Department of the Environment on the subject of the Administration of s. 33 of the Fisheries Act, 1985 - CAN002960
#690	Regional Working Agreement between the Department of the Environment and DFO for Administration of s. 33 of the Fisheries Act in BC and Yukon, 1987 - CAN006053
#691	Interim Operational Working Arrangement on Enforcement of s. 36.3 Fisheries Act between Environment Canada and DFO Pacific & Yukon, Feb, 2006 - CAN269592
#692	MoU between BC Conservation Officer Service and DFO C&P Pacific Region Respecting Mutual Assistance, Revised Jul 15, 2007 - CAN002981
#693	Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Habitat Protection and Pollution Prevention Provisions of the Fisheries Act, Nov 2001 - NonRT
#694	Draft National Enforcement Policy for Conservation and Protection - CAN285246
#695	C&P Priorities Statement F2010-11 National & Pacific Region - Final, May 27, 2010 - CAN178147
#696	Overall EED Workplan Template (Overarching) EB Priorities for 2009-10 - NonRT
#697	Environmental Enforcement Directorate National Enforcement Plan 2010-2011 - NonRT
#698	EED's Internal Decision-Making Process (IDMP), Dec 2010 - NonRT
#699	Audit of the Conservation and Protection Program, Project Number 6B011 Final Audit Report, June 18, 2009 - CAN024036
#700	Status Report on the Implementation of the Management Action Plan - CAN285255
#701	Habitat Analysis of C&P Effort with Occurences & Violations 2000-2010 - NonRT
#702	Pacific Region FEATS Effort as a Percentage of Total Effort - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
April 11, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 12, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 13, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 14, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 7: Fraser River sockeye fisheries and fisheries management

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 7: Fraser River sockeye fisheries and fisheries management

Karl English (* Senior fisheries scientist and former president, LGL Research Associates Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#717	Canada's Written Re-Examination of the WSP (Part 1 ) RDG Panel (Paul Sprout and Sue Farlinger), with Attached Correspondence Apr 7, 2011 - NonRT
#718	Cohen Commission Technical Report 7 - Fisheries Management - Feb 2011 - NonRT
#719	Curriculum Vitae of Karl English - NonRT
#720	Curriculum Vitae of Tim Edgell - NonRT
#721	Curriculum Vitae of Robert Bocking - NonRT
#722	Curriculum Vitae of Michael Link - NonRT
#723	Curriculum Vitae of Scott Raborn - NonRT
#724	Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockey and Pink Salmon 2007 [CSAS 2006-043] - CAN010723
#725	MacDonald et al, Modeling the Influence of Environmental Factors on Spawning Migration Mortality for Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Mgmt in the Fraser River, BC, 2010 - CAN185935

Evidentiary Hearing
April 18, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 12: Fraser River Sockeye Habitat Use in the Lower Fraser and Strait of Georgia

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 12: Fraser River Sockeye Habitat Use in the Lower Fraser and Strait of Georgia

Dr. Mark Johannes (* Senior Environmental Specialist, Golder Associates, Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#731	Resume of Mark Johannes, Mar 2011 - NonRT
#732	Resume of Roxanne Scott, Mar 2011 - NonRT
#733	Curriculum Vitae of Lee Nikl - NonRT
#734	Resume of Rob Hoogendoorn, Mar 2011 - NonRT
#735	Cohen Commission Technical Report 12 - Lower Fraser and Strait of Georgia Habitat Use [includes Appendix M, contained in 3 separate files], Feb 2011 - NonRT
#735-1	Cohen Commission Technical Report 12 - Appendix M, Part 1 of 3 - NonRT
#735-2	Cohen Commission Technical Report 12 - Appendix M, Part 2 of 3 - NonRT
#735-3	Cohen Commission Technical Report 12 - Appendix M, Part 3 of 3 - NonRT
#735A	Errata Sheet for Cohen Commission Technical Report 12, Apr 14, 2011 - NonRT
#736	Harper & Quigley, Comparison of the Areal Extent of Fish Habitat Gains and Losses Associated with Selected Compensation Projects in Canada, Feb 2005 - CAN197549
#737	Harper & Quigley, Compliance with Canada's Fisheries Act-A Field Audit if Habitat Compensation Projects, Jan 2006 - CAN197550
#738	Beamish et al, Ecology of Juvenile Sockeye in the Strait of Georgia and an Explanation for the Poor Return of Sockeye to the Fraser River in 2009, Nov 2010 - CAN285363
#739	Groot & Cooke, Are the Migrations of Juvenile and Adult FRSS in Near-Shore Waters Related, 1987 - NonRT
#740	Levings et al, Distribution and Feeding of Juvenile Pacific Salmon in Freshwater Tidal Creeks of the Lower Fraser River BC, 1995 - NonRT
#741	Johannessen et al, Joined by Geochemistry, Divided by History-PCBs and PBDEs in Strait of Georgia Sediments, Mar 2008 - NonRT
#742	[Identical to Exh 1053] Ross et al, Large and Growing Environmental Reservoirs of Deca-BDE Present an Emerging Health Risk for Fish and Marine Mammals, undated draft - CAN320005

Evidentiary Hearing
April 19, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 12: Fraser River Sockeye Habitat Use in the Lower Fraser and Strait of Georgia

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 12: Fraser River Sockeye Habitat Use in the Lower Fraser and Strait of Georgia

Dr. Mark Johannes (* Senior Environmental Specialist, Golder Associates, Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#743	Kistritz, Habitat Compensation, Restoration and Creation in the Fraser River Estuary-Are We Achieving a No-Net-Loss of Fish Habitat, 1996 - NonRT
#744	Walters et al, Rivers Inlet Sockeye Salmon: An Experiment in Adaptive Management, 1993 - NonRT
#745	Annual Report - Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program, Fraser River Estuary Mgmt Program (FREMP), 2009-2010 - NonRT
#746	Saving the Heart of the Fraser-Addressing Human Impacts to the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Fraser River, Hope to Mission BC, Nov 2007 [PFRCC] - NonRT
#747	Douglas, Review of Groundwater-Salmon Interactions in British Columbia, Nov 2006 [Watershed Watch] - FNC000041
#735B	Reynolds, Review of Cohen Commission Technical Report 12, Jan 13 2011 - NonRT
#735C	Rosenau, Review of Cohen Commission Technical Report 12, Dec 22 2010, and General Comments Dec 2010-Jan2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
April 20, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 10: Fraser River sockeye salmon production dynamics

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 10: Fraser River sockeye salmon production dynamics

Dr. Brigitte Dorner (* Fisheries management consultant, Driftwood Cove Designs)
Dr. Randall Peterman (* Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, and Canada research chair in fisheries risk assessment and management)

Exhibit List

PPR10	Overview of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Net and Gross Escapement Data, Apr 1 2011 - NonRT
#748	Cohen Commission Technical Report 10 - Fraser River Sockeye Production Dynamics [includes Appendix P, contained in 5 separate files], Feb 2011 - NonRT
#748-1	Appendix P1: Spawner and Recruit Abundances, and Recruits Per Spawner - NonRT
#748-2	Appendix P2: Residuals from Stationary Ricker and Larkin Models, and the Productivity Parameter a(t), est'd by a Kalman filter for the and Non-Stationary R & L Models - NonRT
#748-3	Appendix P3: Scaled Kalman Filter Time Series for Comparisons Across Stocks - NonRT
#748-4	Appendix P4: Probability Intervals for the Ricker Kalman Filter Time Series - NonRT
#748-5	Appendix P5: Probability intervals for the Larkin Kalman Filter Time Series - NonRT
#749	Curriculum Vitae of Randall Peterman, 2011 - NonRT
#750	Curriculum Vitae of Brigitte Dorner - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
April 21, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 10: Fraser River sockeye salmon production dynamics

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 10: Fraser River sockeye salmon production dynamics

Dr. Brigitte Dorner (* Fisheries management consultant, Driftwood Cove Designs)
Dr. Randall Peterman (* Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, and Canada research chair in fisheries risk assessment and management)

Exhibit List

#751	Bodtker, Peterman et al, Accounting for Uncertainty in Estimates of Escapement Goals for FRSS Based on Productivity of Nursery Lakes in BC, Feb 2007 - CAN002904
#752	Factors Affecting Sockeye Salmon Returns to the Columbia River in 2008, Feb 2009 [NOAA Fisheries] - NonRT
#753	DFO Science Stock Status Report-Rivers and Smith Inlet Sockeye, Jan 1997 [DFO Pacific Region-DFO Science D6-04] - CAN010415
#754	Peterman, Possible Solutions to Some Challenges Facing Fisheries Scientists and Managers, Jun 2004 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
April 26, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 2.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 27, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 2.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 28, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 2.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 29, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 2.

Evidentiary Hearing
April 8, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 1:30PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Witnesses

Habitat Management & Enforcement

Dr. Manon Bombardier (National Director, Environmental Enforcement Directorate, Environment Canada)
Randy Nelson (Director, Conservation and Protection, Pacific Region, DFO)
Paul Steele (Director general, Conservation and Protection, DFO, Ottawa)

Exhibit List

#703	Memorandum for the Deputy Minister re Approval of the Revised National Habitat Compliance Protocol, 21 Dec 2010 - CAN315303
#704	Summary of Revised Roles and Responsibilities of Habitat Management Program (HMP) and Conservation & Protection (C&P) in Delivery of National Habitat Compliance Protocol - CAN315304
#705	Memorandum to the Regional Directors General from Claire Dansereau re Renewal of Regional Habitat Compliance Protocols, 17 Jan 2011 - CAN315305
#706	National Habitat Compliance Protocol Communications Plan - NonRT
#707	Implementation of the National Habitat Compliance Protocol (2010) - CAN315306
#708	Update on DFO's Integrated Habitat Compliance Program - Speaking Points for the Minister, 2010 - CAN295283
#709	Conservation and Protection - National Priorities 2010-11 - CAN251560
#710	Email from PSteele to JShepherd re Implementation Strategy for National Protocol w Attachments - NonRT
#711	Proposed Planning Process for Determining Compliance Priorities for 2011-2014 - NonRT
#712	Environmental Enforcement Directorate National Enforcement Plan 2008-2009 - NonRT
#713	Fisheries and Oceans Canada Conservation and Protection - Risk Profile 2011 - NonRT
#714	Pacific Region Habitat Compliance Protocol - CAN186074
#715	Report, Jeffrey Young and John Werring, 2006, The Will to Protect - Preserving B.C.'s Wild Salmon Habitat - CAN024219
#716	DFO Intranet - Oceans Extra, Feb 2005 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
April 15, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 7: Fraser River sockeye fisheries and fisheries management

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 7: Fraser River sockeye fisheries and fisheries management

Karl English (* Senior fisheries scientist and former president, LGL Research Associates Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#726	Koenings and Kyle, Consequences to Juvenile Sockeye Salmon and the Zooplankton Community Resulting from Intense Predation, 1997 - NonRT
#727	Hyatt and Rankin, Habitat Based Evaluation of Okanagan Sockeye Salmon Escapement Objectives, 1999 [CSAS 99-191] - NonRT
#728	English et al, Influence of Summer-Run Sockeye on the River Entry Timing of Late-run Fraser Sockey- 'Stay with the School' Hypothesis, May 2005 - CAN007524
#729	Pearse, Managing Salmon in the Fraser - Report to the Minister on the Fraser River Salmon Investigation, Nov 1992 - CAN002473
#730	Ch 20 of Report of the Auditor General of Canada, Nov 1999 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 2, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Please note the early start time.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Habitat Enhancement and Restoration

Witnesses

Habitat Enhancement and Restoration

Carol Cross (Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Salmonid Enhancement Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO )
Dr. Randall Peterman (* Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, and Canada research chair in fisheries risk assessment and management)
Greg Savard (Acting director, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, Pacific Region, DFO; former director, Salmonid Enhancement Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#755	Responses to Written Questions for Paul Ryall from Area G-UFAWU, Apr 21 2011 - NonRT
#756	Responses to Written Questions for Paul Ryall from FNC, Apr 21 2011 - NonRT
PPR11	Overview of Habitat Enhancement and Restoration, Apr 1 2011 - NonRT
#757	Affidavit #1 of Carol Cross, Apr 26 2011 - NonRT
#758	Affidavit #1 of Greg Savard, Apr 26 2011 - NonRT
#759	Affidavit #1 of Randall Peterman, May 2 2011 - NonRT
#760	Enhancement Guidelines for Salmon Enhancement Programs, Draft Mar 31 2008 [SEP] - CAN051531
#761	Curriculum Vitae of Carol Cross - NonRT
#762	Curriculum Vitae of Greg Savard - NonRT
#763	Cross, Hatchery Risk Assessment Tool (HRAT) User and Administrator Guide, Jan 30 2008 [DFO] - NonRT
#764	SEP (Salmon Enhancement Program) Revitalization - An Update, May 18 2010 [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#765	Perry, Salmon Stock Restoration and Enhancement Strategies and Experiences in BC, 1995 [AFSS] - NonRT
#766	Request for Science Information and-or Advice, Pacific Region, completed on behalf of SEP, 2008 [PSARC]- NonRT
#767	Salmonid Enhancement Program - Presentation to the Cohen Commission, Mar 2011 [Power Point, DFO] - NonRT
#768	Sandher et al, Canadian Enhanced Salmonid Production During 1978-200 (1977-2008 Brood Years), Sep 2010 - NonRT
#769	Perspectives on Salmon Enhancement and Hatcheries-What the Council Heard, May 2005 [PFRCC]- CAN175099
#770	Brannon et al, The Controversy about Salmon Hatcheries, Sep 2004 [Fisheries, AFS Journal] - CAN174751
#771	Evaluation Directorate - SEP Project No. 6B105 Final Evaluation Report, Sep 22 2009 - CAN027637
#772	National Conservation Strategy for Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon (o.n.), 2009 [Canadian Technical Report of FAS 2846, DFO] - CAN056871
#773	Peterman, General Press Release re Ruggerone et al paper, Oct 1 2010 [SFU]- NonRT
#774	Draft 2 WSP Enhancement Operational Guidelines, For Discussion Purposes Only, Feb 3 - CAN004647
#775	Memo for ADM Fisheries & Aquaculture Mgmt (Info Only) re Salmonid Enhancement Program Adjustments for Alignment with Budget, 2008 [with 4 Attachments] - CAN056008
#775A	SEP Strategy for 2008-09 Funding Adjustments - CAN056011
#775B	SEP Program Adjustments for 2008-09 - Major Facilities - CAN056012
#775C	SEP Program Adjustments for 2008-09 - Community Program - CAN056013
#775D	Transmittal Sheet, from P Sprout to D Bevan, re Salmonid Enhancement Program SEP Adjustments for Alignment with Budget , Jun 24 2008 - CAN056009
#776	Email thread between G Savard to P Sprout et al, re Two Heads UP, Feb 10 2010 - CAN180400
#777	Email from A Wall to J Hwang et al re IHPC Action Item - CAN154272
#778	English et al, Advice Related to Five Big Picture Science Issues for BC Salmon, Nov 6-7 2004 - CAN267755

Evidentiary Hearing
May 3, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 4, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:30AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Please note the early start time.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Habitat Enhancement and Restoration
Predation

Witnesses

Habitat Enhancement and Restoration

Carol Cross (Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Salmonid Enhancement Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO )
Dr. Randall Peterman (* Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, and Canada research chair in fisheries risk assessment and management)
Greg Savard (Acting director, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, Pacific Region, DFO; former director, Salmonid Enhancement Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)

Predation

Dr. Villy Christensen (* Professor and Associate Director, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)
Dr. Andrew Trites (* Professor and director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)

Predation

Dr. John Ford ( * Head, Cetacean Research Program, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Peter Olesiuk (* Head, Pinniped Research Program, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Andrew Trites (* Professor and director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)

Exhibit List

#779	Noakes et al, On the Decline of Pacific Salmon and Speculative Links to Salmon Farming in British Columbia, 2000 - CAN030303
#780	Letter from J Jung to M Angelo re Role of Public Groups in Protecting and Restoring Freshwater Habitats in BC, Feb 25 2002 - CAN023193
#781	Curriculum Vitae of Andrew Trites - NonRT
#782	Curriculum Vitae of Villy Christensen - NonRT
#783	Cohen Commission Technical Report 8 - Predation on Fraser River Sockeye Salmon - Feb 2011 - NonRT
#784	Curriculum Vitae of John Ford - NonRT
#785	Curriculum Vitae of Peter Olesiuk - NonRT
#786	Chinook Salmon Predation by Resident Killer Whales [CSAS 2009-101] - CAN185683
#787	Ford et al, Shark Predation and Tooth Wear in a Population of Northeastern Pacific Killer Whales, Jan 6 2011 - CAN297649
#788	Heise, Diet and Feeding Behaviour of Pacific White-Sided Dophins as Revealed through the Collection of Prey Fragments and Stomach Content Analyses, 1997 - NonRT
#789	Olesiuk, Comments on Pinniped Information in Cohen Predator Report - [Excel] - NonRT
#790	Olesiuk et al, Prey Requirements and Salmon Consumption by Steller Sea Lions in Southern British Columbia and Washington State, [Draft CSAS 2010-nnn] - NonRT
#791	Five-Year Funding Summary for the SARA Cetacean Research Program - CAN185680
#792	DFO Funding of Pinniped Research 2010-11 - NonRT
#573A	Lapointe; and Whitehouse & Tompkins, Slide Presentations in Appendix C to Peterman et al, Synthesis of Evidence from a Worskshop on the Decline of FRS, Jun 15-17 - PSC000014
#793	Fraser River Sockeye Research - Pinniped Predation Proposal, with covering Email from P Olesiuk to M Thiess, Aug 9 2010 - CAN360777-8
#794	Ford and Olesiuk, Hypothesis-Predation by Marine Mammals is an Important Contributor to the Fraser Sockeye Situation, Jun 15-17 2010 [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#795	DFO Synthesis Workshop on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye, Apr 14-15 2011 - NonRT
#796	Olesiuk and Ford, Hypothesis-Predation by Marine Mammals is an Important Contributor to the Fraser Sockeye Situation - Version 3 [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#797	Species at Risk Act - Management Plan Series - Management Plan for the Steller Sea Lion in Canada (Final), Jan 2011 - NonRT
#798	The Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research Initiative [DFO website] - NonRT
#798A	Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research Initiative-An Overview [DFO website] - NonRT
#798B	Ecosystem Research Initiative (ERI) Pacific Region - The Strait of Georgia in 2030-Research Plan, revised Jan 2008 [DFO] - NonRT
#798C	The Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research Initiative-Key Outcomes [DFO website] - NonRT
#798D	Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research Initiative-Modelling Component, Sep 2008 - NonRT
#798E	The Strait of Georgia Ecosystem-Ongoing Research Projects [DFO website] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 5, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Predation

Witnesses

Predation

Dr. John Ford ( * Head, Cetacean Research Program, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Peter Olesiuk (* Head, Pinniped Research Program, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Andrew Trites (* Professor and director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)

Predation

Dr. Villy Christensen (* Professor and Associate Director, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)
Jeremy Hume (* Research biologist, Lakes Research Program, DFO)
Gordon McFarlane (* Scientist emeritus, Marine Ecosystems and Aquaculture Division, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)

Exhibit List

#799	Letter from K Forrest to M Joyce re Initial Trials of an Electric Pulse Deterrent System to Protect Salmon Catches in Gillnets from Predation by Harbour Seals in the Fraser, Nov 2 2006 - CAN371896
#800	Curriculum Vitae of Gordon McFarlane - CAN185383
#801	Curriculum Vitae of Jeremy Hume - CAN185597
#802	Parkinson, Hume et al, Size Selective Predation by Rainbow Trout on Two Lacustrine o.n. Populations, 1989 [Fisheries Mgmt Report No. 94] - NonRT
#803	Bill Gazey, Report and Recommendations, Apr 27 2005 - CAN004632
#804	Bradford, Hume et al, Status of Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon, [CSAS Research 2010-123] - NonRT
#805	Williams et al, Shark Aggregation in Coastal Waters of BC, Sep 13 2010 [MEPS] - NonRT
#806	Borstad et al, Environmental Control of the Breeding Success of Rhinoceros Auklets at Triangle Island, BC, Mar 1 2011 [MEPS] - NonRT
#807	Thayer et al, Forage fish of the Pacific Rim as Revealed by Diet of a Piscivorous Seabird, Jul 12 2008 [CJFAS] - NonRT
#808	Response Statement by V. Christensen on Rhinoceros Auklet and FRSS, 2011 - NonRT
#809	Michael Bradford, Comparative Review of Pacific Salmon Survival Rates, 1995 [CJFAS] - CAN185596
#810	Examples of the Results Produced by DFO's Lakes Research Program - NonRT
#811	Perry and Masson, A Framework for an Ecosystem-based Approach to Managing the Strait of Georgia, BC [CSAS Working Paper 2011-P57] - NonRT
#812	Developing a Framework for Science Support of an Ecosystem Approach to Managing the Strait of Georgia, BC - [CSAS SAR 2011-nnn] - NonRT
#813	Aydin, McFarlane et al, BASS-MODEL Report on Trophic Models of the Subarctic Pacific Basin Ecosystems, 2003 [PICES Scientific Report No. 25] - NonRT
#814	Carl Walters, Daphnia Biomass Charts of Quesnel Lake, 2007 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 6, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Predation

Witnesses

Predation

Dr. Villy Christensen (* Professor and Associate Director, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre)
Jeremy Hume (* Research biologist, Lakes Research Program, DFO)
Gordon McFarlane (* Scientist emeritus, Marine Ecosystems and Aquaculture Division, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)

Predation

Graham Gillespie (* Head, Shellfish Section, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)

Exhibit List

#815	Woodey et al, Evidence for Cycle-line Interaction as a Mechanism for Cyclic Dominance in FRSS, 2006 - CAN205017
#816	Guill et al, A Three-Species Model Explaining Cyclic Dominance of Pacific Salmon, Feb 1 2011 - NonRT
#817	An Assessment of Multi-Species Recovery Strategies and Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Mgmt of Marine Species at Risk in Canada, Apr 2005 [WWF] - CAN266832
#818	Proceedings of the Natl Workshop on Objectives and Indicators for Ecosystem-based Mgmt, Feb 27-Mar 2 2001, [CSAS Proceedings 2001-009] - CAN005166
#819	Bradford et al, Biological Risk Assessment for Yellow Perch in BC [CSAS Research 2008-073] - NonRT
#820	Risk Analysis, Fisheries Impacts and Mgmt Options for the Control and Mgmt of Introduced Fish Species in BC Freshwater Lakes and Rivers - CAN278023
#821	Curriculum Vitae of Graham Gillespie - CAN185933
#822	Graham Gillespie, Humboldt Squid in BC - 2011 Update [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#823	Field et al, Range Expansion and Trophic Interactions of the Jumbo Squid in the California Current, 2007 [CalCOFI Report] - CCI001127
#824	Email thread between G Gillespie and J Field re Squid Tummies, ending Apr 8 2011 - NonRT
#825	Graham Gillespie, Five-Year Funding Summary of Research-Monitoring Projects, 2005-2009 - CAN185920

Evidentiary Hearing
May 9, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 2: Effects of contaminants on Fraser River sockeye salmon

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 2: Effects of contaminants on Fraser River sockeye salmon

Don MacDonald (* Aquatic Biologist, MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#826	Cohen Commission Technical Report 2 - Water Pollution - Feb 2011 - NonRT
#827	Errata for Exhibit 826, Project 2 - Cohen Commission Technical Report 2 - Water Pollution - Feb 2011 - NonRT
#828	Curriculum Vitae of Don MacDonald, 2011 - NonRT
#829	Curriculum Vitae of Meara Crawford - NonRT
#830	Curriculum Vitae of Melissa Meneghetti [MESL] - NonRT
#831	Curriculum Vitae of Heather Prencipe [MESL] - NonRT
#832	Curriculum Vitae of Jesse Sinclair - NonRT
#833	Johannessen and Ross, Late-Run Sockeye at Risk-An Overview of Environmental Contaminants in Fraser River Salmon Habitat, 2002 [CTRFAS 2429] - NonRT
#834	Verrin et al, Pesticide Use in BC and the Yukon-An Assessment of Types, Applications and Risks to Aquatic Biota, 2004 [CTRFAS 2517] - CAN394651

Evidentiary Hearing
May 10, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 2: Effects of contaminants on Fraser River sockeye salmon

Witnesses

Examination on Scientific Reports - Project 2: Effects of contaminants on Fraser River sockeye salmon

Don MacDonald (* Aquatic Biologist, MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#835	DeBruyn et al, Magnification and Toxicity of PCBs, PCDDs, and PCDFs in Upriver-Migrating Pacific Salmon, 2004 - NonRT
#836	Siska Salmon and Indigenous Peoples' Life Work, 2004 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 11, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Witnesses

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Dr. Robert Houtman (Catch monitoring biologist, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Lester Jantz (Area chief, Resource Management, BC Interior, DFO)
Matthew Parslow (Management biologist, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

PPR12	Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting for Commercial and Aboriginal FRSS Fisheries, Mar 17 2011 - NonRT
#837	Curriculum Vitae of Robert Houtman - CAN285257
#838	Curriculum Vitae of Matthew Parslow - CAN285113
#839	Curriculum Vitae of Lester Jantz - CAN305099
#840	DFO Commercial Reporting Compliance Tables, 2002-2010 - NonRT
#841	DFO Catch Monitoring Expenditures by Area in Pacific Region - Southern BC, 2000-2011 - NonRT
#842	DFO Commercial payments for Logbook Program, 2008-2010 - NonRT
#843	DFO Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Agreement and Catch Monitoring Amounts Budgeted, 2008-2011 - NonRT
#844	DFO Fraser Valley Aboriginal Fisheries Society Budgets and Expenditures, 2006-2011, revised May 3 2011 - NonRT
#845	BC Interior Conservation & Protection Data Sheet [DFO] - NonRT
#846	3 Templates - Lower Fraser Area Conservation and Protection Patrol Log, and Observed Illegal Fishing Logs for Two Areas [DFO]- NonRT
#847	Agenda and Presentations, Forum on Conservation & Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon Catch Monitoring Workshop, Nov 22-23 2010 - CAN285158
#848	Memo for the RDG from Sue Farlinger re 2009 Plan for Improving Commercial Salmon Fishery Monitoring (Info Only) - CAN065903
#849	Email thread between S Evers et al re Sockeye #s Returned to the Water, ending Aug 13 2009 - CAN230583
#850	Monitoring and Compliance Observations in the Lower Fraser Fishery, Oct 21-22 2009 [Fraser River Salmon Table] - NonRT
#851	Catch Monitoring in First Nations Fisheries in the Lower Fraser River, undated - CAN044321
#852	FSC Catch Database Project-Past and Current Steps in Implementation 2000-2011, Apr 4 2011 [PowerPoint] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 12, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Witnesses

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Grand Chief Ken Malloway (Member, Stó:lō Tribal Council; chair, Fraser Valley Aboriginal Fisheries Society; member, ISDF Monitoring and Compliance Panel; member, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Colin Masson (Element lead, Enhanced Accountability, Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative, DFO; member, ISDF Monitoring and Compliance Panel)
Peter Sakich (Co-Chair, Commercial Salmon Advisory Board; Chair, ISDF Monitoring and Compliance Panel )

Exhibit List

#853	Bio of Grand Chief Ken Malloway - NonRT
#854	Resume of Colin Masson, 2010 - NonRT
#855	Charting Our Course: Fishery Monitoring in the Pacific Region - A Strategy for Improved Confidence and Support (Final Report), Apr 2011 [ISDF] - NonRT
#856	Emerging Regional Strategies to Improve Fisheries Monitoring, Fall 2010 - CAN334144
#857	Linking Fisheries Data to Data-Management Objectives - Visions Oct 2010 [PowerPoint] - CAN334145
#858	Fraser Valley Aboriginal Fisheries Society (FVAS) Catch Monitoring Program 2010 - FNC000271
#859	Exploring Ways to Improve Our Understandings around Monitoring and Compliance, Nov 17 2010 [Fraser River Salmon Table] - NonRT
#860	First Nation FSC Catch Moinitoring and Reporting-Preliminary Considerations Standards and Recommendations, Nov 2009 - CAN077022
#861	Memo for the RDG re Release of Discussion Paper on First Nations FSC Catch Monitoring and Reporting (For Decision) - CAN077023
#862	Email thread between C Masson and K McGivney re First Nation FSC Catch Moinitoring and Reporting, ending Oct 4 2009 - CAN333226
#863	A Practical Guide to Collaborative Fisheries Governance, Mar 2011 - NonRT
#864	Evolving a New Framework for Decision Making in Salmon Fisheries-Drivers and Directions, Draft Apr 2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 16, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 17, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Witnesses

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Scott Coultish (Regional chief, Intelligence and Investigation Services, Conservation and Protection, DFO)
Randy Nelson (Director, Conservation and Protection, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

PPR13	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Policies and Programs for Fisheries Enforcement, Apr 19 2011 - NonRT
#865	Resume of Scott Coultish - CAN285245
#866	Commission Counsel's Information Request Directed to Randy Nelson (14 Questions) and DFO's Responses, Apr 20 2011 - NonRT
#867	Williams Review - Implementation Update, Feb 22 2006 - CAN004141
#868	Memo for the Deputy Minister re Disposition of FR FSC Fish in Cold Storage in the Fraser Valley (Info Only), updated Jun 6 2006 - CAN076976
#869	2005 Plant Audit Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island - Compilation of Sockeye by Owner, May 23 2006 [Consulting & Audit Canada] - CAN096904
#870	Operational Intelligence Assessment - Project Ice Storm, Nov 27 2006 [DFO] - CAN353568
#871	Record of Meeting, I&IS Work Planning and New IMAP Meeting, Apr 27-29 2010 [DFO] - CAN440368
#872	Report- What is the Department Doing to Address the Illegal Sales Issue in BC - CAN439829
#873	Pacific Region Fishery Related Fines, 2008-2011 - NonRT
#874	Collection of Outstanding Court-Imposed Fines and Section 79.2 Orders [DFO Pacific Region SOP, eff Mar 7 2009] - NonRT
#875	Fraser River C&P Habitat Effort, Occurrences and Violations, 2000-2009 [DFO] - NonRT
#876	BC Interior Area C&P Habitat Effort, Occurrences and Violations, 2000-2009 [DFO] - NonRT
#877	Lower Fraser Area Fraser River C&P Habitat Effort, Occurrences and Violations, 2000-2009 [DFO] - NonRT
#878	DFO National Compliance Framework [Single-Page Overview] - CAN285247
#879	DFO National Compliance Framework, Draft Dec 4 2006 - NonRT
#880	Fraser Coastal 2009-2010 Highlights [DFO C&P] - CAN017017
#881	Fisheries Working Group North Pacific Heads of Coast Guard Form, Fisheries Combined Operations, Mar 2010 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 18, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Witnesses

Fisheries Monitoring and Enforcement

Scott Coultish (Regional chief, Intelligence and Investigation Services, Conservation and Protection, DFO)
Randy Nelson (Director, Conservation and Protection, Pacific Region, DFO)

Exhibit List

#882	Pacific Region, Conservation and Protection-2009 Program Results (Salmon) presented to IHPC, Jan 19 2010 [PowerPoint, DFO] - CAN021962
#883	Randy Nelson, Funding & Operational Issues, Conservation & Protection - Pacific Region, May 17 2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
May 19, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 24, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 30.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 25, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 30.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 26, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 30.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 27, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings have been adjourned until May 30.

Evidentiary Hearing
May 30, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Cultus Lake - SARA Listing Decision

Witnesses

Cultus Lake - SARA Listing Decision

Dr. John Davis (Former special advisor to the deputy minister, DFO, on species at risk)

Exhibit List

#884	Curriculum Vitae of John Davis - NonRT
#885	Response Statement for Sockeye Salmon, Cultus Population, Apr 21 2004 - NonRT
#886	Questions and Answers-Cultus and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye Salmon Emergency Listing Decision, Apr 14 2004 - CAN265897
#887	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Emergency Listing Request for Two Sockeye Salmon Populations Under SARA, Feb 24 2004 - CAN076051
#888	Memo from D Bevan to ADG Resource Mgmt re SARA Listing Decision Process for Cultus and Sakinaw Sockeye, May 28 2004 - CAN039472
#888A	Timeframes fro the DFO Species at Risk Listing Process (2004) - CAN039473
#889	SARA Listing Summary, Draft for Discussion Jun 30 2004 - CAN010030
#889A	SARA Listing Summary, Draft for Discussion Jul 20 2004 - CAN004685
#889B	SARA Listing Summary, Draft for Discussion Aug 18 2004 - CAN004664
#890	RMC Meeting Aug 16-17 2004, Record of Decisons - CAN006191
#891	Analysis of the Benefits, Impacts and Other Considerations of Listing Nine Pacific Aquatic Species, with covering Memo, Aug 2004 [DFO] - CAN004615-6
#892	Email from Mary Hobbs to P Macgillivray et al re Reports Related to Cultus & Sakinaw, Nov 17 2004 [with 8 Attachments] - CAN004606
#892A	Background Info Related to Financial Considerations Assoc'd with Potential SARA Listing of Sakinaw & Cultus Lake Sockeye, Oct 21 2004 - CAN004607
#892B	Financial Considerations Associated with Potential SARA Listing of Sakinaw and Cultus Lake Sockeye - CAN010021
#892C	Gislason, Socio-Economic Implication of the Species at Risk Act - Sakinaw & Cultus Sockeye, Apr 2004 - CAN004609
#892D	Financial Considerations Associated with Potential SARA Listing of Sakinaw & Cultus Lake Sockeye, Sep 10 2004 - CAN004610
#892E	Draft Financial Considerations Associated with Potential SARA Listing of Sakinaw & Cultus Lake Sockeye, Nov 9 2004 - CAN004611
#892F	The Economic Importance of FRS for Commercial & Recreational Harvesters, Processors and Coastal Communities, Aug 18 2004 - CAN004612
#892G	Cultus Sockeye Stock Assessment-Fisheries Mgmt Work Group Review and Comments of Financial Considerations (etc) Presentation, Oct 7 2004 - CAN004613
#892H	Listing Cultus and Sakinaw Sockeye Under SARA - A Sierra Club Analysis of the Facts, Nov 9 2004 - CAN004614
#893	Gross et al, Extraction by Miscalculation-The Threat to Sakinaw and Cultus Lake Sockeye, v 1.0 Nov 19 2004 [UofT] - FNC000033
#894	Email thread between J Davis and G Flood et al, re Minister's Office Briefing Tomorrow, ending Nov 4 2004 - CAN099702
#895	Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 139, No. 2, January 26, 2005 - NonRT
#896	Petition of Sierra Club re Decision Not to List Cultus and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye Salmon Under SARA [OAGC website as of May 18 2011] - NonRT
#897	Memo for the Deputy Minister (For Decision) re Response to Sep 22 2004 Letter from Gordon Macatee, Nov 16 2004 - CAN009107
#898	Framework for Integrating Socio-Economic Analysys in SARA Decision Making, Draft for Discussion Sep 2006 [DFO] - CAN285130
#899	Email from W Watson-Wright to M Huard, J Davis et al re SARA Media Clips, Apr 17 2007 [with inline articles and 1 Attachment] - CAN264158
#899A	Mooers et al, Biases in Legal Listing under Canadian Endangered Species Legislation, 2007 - CAN264159
#900	Davis, Setting the Stage-Rebuilding Sustainable Fisheries for the Future, May 2009 [OECD address) - NonRT
#901	The Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change, June 10-11 2010 [OECD address] - NonRT
#902	Davis, Fisheries Policy-Maker's Perspective-Challenges and Opportunities in Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change, [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#903	Hutchings et al, Is Scientific Inquiry Incompatible with Government Information Control, Feb 1997 - CAN252088
#904	Mooers et al, Science, Policy, and Species at Risk in Canada, Nov 2010 [BioScience] - NonRT
#905	Canada's Marine Species at Rick-Science and Law at the Helm, but a Sea of Uncertainties, Mar 29 2005 - CAN242386
#906	Framework for Science and Technology Advice-Principles and Guidelines, undated [GOC] - CAN185439

Evidentiary Hearing
May 31, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Cultus Lake - Recovery Efforts from 2005 Onwards
Cultus Lake - SARA Listing Decision

Witnesses

Cultus Lake - SARA Listing Decision

Dr. John Davis (Former special advisor to the deputy minister, DFO, on species at risk)

Cultus Lake - Recovery Efforts from 2005 Onwards

Dr. Michael Bradford (* Research scientist, DFO; adjunct, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University)
Neil Schubert (Head, Freshwater Ecosystems Section, Science Branch, DFO)

Exhibit List

#907	Crawford, Effects of SARA on First Nations' Fisheries, Mar 29 2006 [Assembly of First Nations] - CAN024236
#908	Gwaii Haanas-Canada Marine Agreement, Jan 16 2010 - FNC000029
#909	First Nation Consultation Summary for SARA Legal Listing Meetings of 10 Pacific Aquatic Species, Draft May 25 2004 - CAN283007
#910	Province of BC - Legislation Overview of Species at Risk and Related Acts [website] - NonRT
#911	Curriculum Vitae of Neil Schubert - NonRT
#912	Curriculum Vitae of Mike Bradford - NonRT
#913	Schubert, COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Sockeye Salmon Cultus Population in Canada, 2003 [EC] - CAN045192
#914	National Conservation Strategy for the Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon, 2005 [Cultus Sockeye Recovery Team] - CAN281532
#915	Tovey et al, Preliminary Assessment of Contaminant Exposure Risk to Developing Cultus Lake Sockeye Embryos, Sep 23 2008 [PSC & DFO] - NonRT
#804A	Update to Exh 804 [Graph] - NonRT
#916	Schubert, Chronology - Cultus Lake Sockeye Recovery, revised May 26 2011 - NonRT
#917	Email from N Schubert to J Davis et al re Socio-Economic Analysis for Cultus Sockeye, undated - NonRT
#918	Cultus Sockeye Recovery Team Activities-Monthly Update for Nov 2004, with attachments incl Nov 19 2004 letter to Acting RDG - CAN274866
#919	Letter from D Radford to N Schubert re a Biological Model for Socio-Economic Review, Jan 25 2005 - CAN198641
#920	Memo for RDG Pacific (Decision Sought) re Acceptance of the Cultus and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye Recovery Strategies, Oct 11 2005 - CAN042899
#921	Regional Mgmt Cmte Decision Paper-Current SARA Implementation Issues, Jul 25 2006 - CAN018783
#922	Memo for RDG (Decision Sought) re Cultus Lake Sockeye and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye Conservation Strategies, May 15 2008 - CAN055996
#923	Cultus Lake Sockeye Recovery Planning Process-Report fo the Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management Work Group, Jul 24 2002 - NonRT
#924	Schubert et al, Status of Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon, 2002 [CSAS 2002-064] - CAN010640
#925	National Recovery Strategy for the Sockeye Salmon (Cultus Population) in BC, Draft Sep 7 2004 [Cultus Sockeye Recovery Team] - CAN014406
#926	Bradford & Wood, Review of Biological Principles and Methods Involved in Setting Minimum Population Sizes for Sockeye Recovery Plans, 2004 [CSAS 2004-128] - CAN002828
#927	Schubert, Cultus Recovery Funding Summary, undated - NonRT
#928	Note Outlining the Future of Cultus and Sakinaw Sockeye and Interior Coho Processes, Apr 2005 - CAN198643
#929	Araki et al, Genetic Effects of Captive Breeding Cause a Rapid, Cumulative Fitness Decline in the Wild, Oct 5 2007 - NonRT
#930	Assessment of Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon in BC, Dec 2010 [CSAS SAR 2010-056] - NonRT
#931	Bradford et al, Parvicapsula minibicornis Infections in Gill and Kidney and the Premature Mortality fo Adult Sockeye from Cultus Lake, BC, Mar 17 2010 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 1, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Cultus Lake - Recovery Efforts from 2005 Onwards
Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1) - Expert Stakeholders

Witnesses

Cultus Lake - Recovery Efforts from 2005 Onwards

Dr. Michael Bradford (* Research scientist, DFO; adjunct, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University)
Neil Schubert (Head, Freshwater Ecosystems Section, Science Branch, DFO)

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1) - Expert Stakeholders

Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)
Jeffery Young (Aquatic biologist, David Suzuki Foundation; member, Marine Conservation Caucus and the Canadian Caucus of the Fraser River Panel)

Exhibit List

#932	Email thread between Mike Bradford and N Schubert et al re Cultus Socio-Economic Analysis, ending Oct 7 2004 - CAN086733
#933	Memo from Bill Gazey to Harvesters Association re Comments on Cultus Lake Sockeye, May 4 2004 - NonRT
#934	Email thread between Neil Schubert , John Davis et al re Cultus Sockeye Recovery Team Advice on Socio-Economic Analyis, Nov 23 2004 - CAN110853
#935	Report on Fish Habitat & Species Recovery Workshop, May 26-27 2003 - NonRT
#936	Runciman and Leaf, A Review of Yellow Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Walleye and Northern Pike Distributions in BC, 2009 - CAN186068
#937	Nelitz et al, Returning Salmon-Integrated Planning and the Wild Salmon Policy in BC, Mar 10 2008 - CON000034
#938	Letter from C Orr, J Young et al to Minister Gail Shea re Request for Meeting to Discuss Canada's SEP and the WSP, Jul 19 2010 - CON000002

Evidentiary Hearing
June 2, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1) - Expert Stakeholders
Wild Salmon Policy (Part 2) - Strategy 4 and Integrated Planning

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 1) - Expert Stakeholders

Dr. Brian Riddell (Chief Executive Officer, PSF)
Jeffery Young (Aquatic biologist, David Suzuki Foundation; member, Marine Conservation Caucus and the Canadian Caucus of the Fraser River Panel)

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 2) - Strategy 4 and Integrated Planning

Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Paul Ryall (Former Lead, Salmon Team and Former Fraser River Panel Chair, DFO)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)
Jeffery Young (Aquatic biologist, David Suzuki Foundation; member, Marine Conservation Caucus and the Canadian Caucus of the Fraser River Panel)

Exhibit List

#939	An Upstream Battle-Declines in 10 Pacific Salmon Stocks and Solutions for their Survival, 2008 [David Suzuki Fdn] - CAN116215
#940	Email from M Saunders re Agenda for WSP Implementation Team Meeting and Priority CUs, Jun 26 2006 - CAN112545
#941	Approval of Approach to Planning for Priority Conservation Units - CAN189142
#941A	CUs Planning by Species [Excel Spreadsheet] - CAN189143
#942	Fraser, Interim Guidance for Development of Strategic Plans under Canada's Policy for the Conservation of Wild Salmon, Dec 15 2007 - CAN005862
#943	Operations Committee - WSP Strategy 4 Update: Integrated Planning, Jun 25 2009 [DFO PowerPoint] - CAN185867
#944	Report of the Skeena Independent Science Review Panel, May 15 2008 [DFO and BC MOE] - CAN007512
#945	Mar, Meeting Inventory-Project Background and Sources (v5) - NonRT
#945A	Inventory of Meetings Related to Fraser Sockeye Planning and WSP Implementation (v21) [Excel] - NonRT
#946	IFMP Salmon Southern BC, June 1 2011 - May 31 2012 [DFO Pacific Region] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 3, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 2) - Strategy 4 and Integrated Planning

Witnesses

Wild Salmon Policy (Part 2) - Strategy 4 and Integrated Planning

Rob Morley (* Vice President, Canadian Fishing Company; Director, BC Salmon Marketing Council; Chairman, Fisheries Council of Canada; Member, Fraser River Panel)
Paul Ryall (Former Lead, Salmon Team and Former Fraser River Panel Chair, DFO)
Mark Saunders (Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO; former coordinator, Wild Salmon Policy, DFO)
Jeffery Young (Aquatic biologist, David Suzuki Foundation; member, Marine Conservation Caucus and the Canadian Caucus of the Fraser River Panel)

Exhibit List

#947	Pacific Salmon Stock Outlook 2009 [DFO website as of 05-30-2011] - NonRT
#948	Fraser River Sockeye Management -- Socio-Economic Indicators - CAN028406
#949	Economic Dimensions of Skeena Watershed Salmonid Fisheries, Oct 2008 - NonRT
#950	Letter to Commission re List of Socio-Economic Reports Related to Fraser River Sockeye, May 11 2011 - NonRT
#951	Update and Strategic Approach to Implementation of WSP Strategy 4, Presentation to SDC, Apr 14 2011 [DFO PowerPoint] - NonRT
#952	Fraser, Identifying Planning Units and Prioritizing Integrated Strategic Planning Initiatives Under the Wild Salmon Policy, Mar 2009 [DFO] - CAN203406
#953	Fraser, Prioritizing Integrated Planning Initiatives Under the Wild Salmon Policy, Oct 2009 [DFO] - CAN008416
#954	Luedke et al, Barkley Sound Sockeye - Intro to Strategic Management Planning Apr 27 2011 [DFO PowerPoint] -NonRT
#955	Fraser Watershed Overarching Logic Model, Draft Jan 27 2009 - NonRT
#956	Draft Wild Salmon Policy ImplementationTeam Record of Meeting, Mar 29 2011 [DFO] - NonRT
#957	Proceedings of DFO Workshop on Wild Salmon Policy Strategy 4-Integrated Strategic Planning, Mar 2009 - CAN005897
#958	Draft Wild Salmon Policy ImplementationTeam Record of Meeting, Jan 17 2011 [DFO]- NonRT
#959	Draft Statement of Work - Performance Review of the Wild Salmon Policy, May 5 2011 [DFO] - NonRT
#960	Wild Salmon Policy Strategy 6 - Performance Review Operations Committee, Apr 14 2011 [DFO PowerPoint] - NonRT
#961	Summary Based on Tables 1 and 2 in the 2009 Forecast paper - NonRT
#962	Wild Salmon Policy - Work Planning, Operations Cmte, May 26, 2011 [DFO] - NonRT
#963	Wild Salmon Policy Implementation Team - Terms of Reference, Draft) May 26 2011 [DFO] - NonRT
#964	Wild Salmon Policy Implementation - Draft Work Plan 2011-2012 [DFO] - NonRT
#965	Wild Salmon Policy Strategy 6 - Performance Review Operations Committee, Draft v1 Dec 16 2010 [DFO PowerPoint] - NonRT
#966	Wild Salmon Policy - Draft Implementation Gap Analysis, Draft Version 7, Dec 14 2010 [DFO] - NonRT
#967	Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture Cmte - BC Meeting, Oct 23 2009 Record of Decision [DFO & BC] - NonRT
#968	Fraser Basin Initiative Program Contribution Agreement - CAN169348
#969	Summary of Key Marine Stewardship Certification Deliverables and their Status for Sockeye, May 30 2011 - NonRT
#970	Strategic Directions Cmte (SDC) 2011 Action Log, Apr 14 2011 - NonRT
#971	Strategic Directions Cmte Discussion Paper, Apr 14 2011 - NonRT
#972	Gardner, An Overview of Issues Concerning First Nations and DFO Co-Mgmt of Fisheries in the Pacific Region [Draft] - CAN285155

Evidentiary Hearing
June 6, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Dr. Robie Macdonald (Head, Marine Environmental Quality Section, Institute of Ocean Sciences, DFO)
Dr. André Talbot (Director, Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Division, Water Science and Technology, Environment Canada)

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Dr. John Carey (Former Director General, Water Science & Technology, EC)
Dr. Sylvain Paradis (Former director, Environment and Biodiversity Science; former director general, Ecosystem Science Directorate, DFO)
Lisa Walls (Former acting manager, Environmental Assessment and Marine Programs Section / Environmental Assessment Section, Environmental Protection Operations, Environment Canada)

Exhibit List

PPR14	Freshwater Urbanization Impacts and Management, May 11 2011 - NonRT
#973	Curriculum Vitae of Andre Talbot - NonRT
#974	Curriculum Vitae of Robie Macdonald - CAN422808
#975	Email thread btw R Brown and L Richards et al, re Issues Mgmt - Effect of Pesticide Spraying on Pacific Salmon, ending Nov 19 2008 - CAN124913
#976	Email thread btw R Brown and K Ladell et al re Question re Impacts of Copper on Salmon, ending Jun 10 2010 - CAN134834
#977	Email thread btw B McNaughton and J Carey et al, re Urgent - Sockeye Inquiry and Databases, ending Mar 16 2010 - CAN299714
#978	Email thread btw J Hellou and P Ross et al, re Cohesion, ending Nov 7 2008 - CAN322509
#979	Email thread btw R Macdonald and J Hellou et al, re Environment Canada Ban on DecPBDE - NOAA Concerns, ending Apr 2 2009 - CAN354962
#980	Strategic Review of Chemicals Research in the Environmental Science Program and Arctic Science Program, Jun 9 2003 [DFO] - CAN394637
#981	Strategic Review of Toxic Chemicals Research, Presentation to NSDC, Jun 17 2003 [PowerPoint] - CAN394669
#982	DFO Toxic Chemical Review Follow-Up, Mar 2005 [PowerPoint] - CAN394670
#983	Ashley, Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Plan for the Shuswap Lakes BC, Final Report Nov 7 2010 [prepared for Fraser Basin Council - NonRT
#984	Curriculum Vitae of Sylvain Paradis - CAN422802
#985	Curriculum Vitae of Lisa Walls - NonRT
#986	Bio of John Carey - NonRT
#987	Letter from P Macgillivray to D Fast, re Habitat Mgmt's Role in Sec 36 of The Fisheries Act, Jul 9 2004 - CAN394647
#988	Letter from D Fast to P Macgillivray, Aug 3 2004 [Response to Letter of Jul 9 2004] - CAN353797
#989	Agenda, DFO Habitat Management-EC Mtg, Feb 16 2005 - NonRT
#990	DFO-EC Meeting Minutes, Apr 14 2005 - NonRT
#991	DFO-EC Sec 36 Steering Cmte Meeting, Draft Agenda and Minutes, Meeting Minutes and Queries Tracking Charts, Oct 27 2005 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 7, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Dr. John Carey (Former Director General, Water Science & Technology, EC)
Dr. Sylvain Paradis (Former director, Environment and Biodiversity Science; former director general, Ecosystem Science Directorate, DFO)
Lisa Walls (Former acting manager, Environmental Assessment and Marine Programs Section / Environmental Assessment Section, Environmental Protection Operations, Environment Canada)

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Michael Crowe (Section head, Habitat Management Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, BC Interior, DFO)
Corino Salomi (Area manager, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, Lower Fraser, DFO)
Stacey Wilkerson (Riparian Areas Regulation Coordinator, Ecosystems Branch, Ministry of Environment, BC)

Exhibit List

#992	MOU btw Canada and BC with Schedules, Oct 10 1985 - NonRT
#993	Canada-British Columbia Water Quality Monitoring Agreement, Business Plan 2010-13 - NonRT
#994	Email thread from S Paradis to S Patrice et al re PBDE Letter to EC from DFO, ending Aug 8 2008 - CAN322482
#995	DFO Toxics Program and National Lab Operation, Dec 2005 [DFO PowerPoint] - CAN194774
#996	Yeow et al, Water Quality in the Georgia Basin 2003 to 2007, Jun 2011 [Environment Canada] - NonRT
#997	Presence and Levels of Priority Pesticides in Selected Canadian Aquatic Ecosytems, May 2011 [Environment Canada] - NonRT
#998	Curriculum Vitae of Michael Crowe - CAN422807
#999	Curriculum Vitae of Corino Salomi - CAN185978
#1000	Curriculum Vitae of Stacey Wilkerson - NonRT
#1001	Land Development Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Habitat, May 1992 [DFO] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 8, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Urbanization

Michael Crowe (Section head, Habitat Management Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, BC Interior, DFO)
Corino Salomi (Area manager, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, Lower Fraser, DFO)
Stacey Wilkerson (Riparian Areas Regulation Coordinator, Ecosystems Branch, Ministry of Environment, BC)

Exhibit List

#1002	Standards and Best Practices for Instream Works 2004 - NonRT
#1003	DFO, BCI Mid-Fraser-Thompson-Okanagan Habitat Mgmt Section Program Review, Jan 2007 - CAN028159
#1004	The Riparian Areas Regulation - BCP001507
#1005	The technical basis of zone of sensitivity determinations under the detailed assessment procedure of the RAR - NonRT
#1006	BC Riparian Areas Regulation Assessment Methodology - NonRT
#1007	Riparian Areas Regulation Implementation Guidebook - CAN002916
#1008	Protocol for Management of Riparian Area Regulation Variances Between DFO and MOE, Jan 2009 - NonRT
#1009	Compliance with the RAR - Report on Monitoring Activities for Assessments Submitted in 2007 (Draft) - NonRT
#1010	DRAFT RAR Steering Committee Annual Report 2008-09 - NonRT
#1011	Redacted written cross-examination questions for Karl English from Area E-BCFSC - NonRT
#1011A	Response to Area E-BCFSC Questions by Karl English - NonRT
#1012	Project 7 Re-examination Questions for Karl English - NonRT
#1012A	Response to Re-Examination Questions by Karl English - NonRT
#1013	Stormwater Source Control Design Guidelines 2005 - NonRT
#1014	Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process, Strategic Plan for Shuswap and Mara Lakes - NonRT
#1015	Lakeshore Development Compliance Project - Defining the Issue across BC 2008-09, Phase 1, Apr 2010 - NonRT
#1016	Letter re Template for Integrated Stormwater Mgmt Planning 2005 - NonRT
#1017	DFO, Memo to Greg Savard, ADirector, OHEB (Draft) - CAN027937
#1018	DFO, Email from Michael Crowe re Water Act Notifications, October 6, 2009 - CAN085929
#1019	Final Work Draft-Shuswap Lake, Mara Lake, Little Shuswap Lake and Little River foreshore inventory and mapping, Jun 2009 - NonRT
#1020	High and Dry - An Investigation of Salmon-Habitat Destruction in British Columbia, Jul 11, 2007 - CAN014339

Evidentiary Hearing
June 9, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
June 13, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Pulp and Paper Effluent, Mining Effluent

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Pulp and Paper Effluent, Mining Effluent

Janice Boyd (Program scientist, Natural Resources Sector Unit, Environmental Protection Operations, Environment Canada)
Robert Grace (Environmental impact assessment biologist, Thompson-Nicola Subregion, Environmental Protection Division, BC Ministry of Environment)
Michael Hagen (program scientist, Natural Resources Sectors Unit, Environmental Protection Operations, Environment Canada)
Douglas Hill (Head, Environmental Management Section, Cariboo Region, Environmental Protection Division, BC Ministry of Environment)

Exhibit List

PPR15	Municipal Wastewater, Pulp and Paper and Mining Effluents, May 24 2011 - NonRT
#1021	Curriculum Vitae of Mike Hagen - NonRT
#1022	Curriculum Vitae of Janice Boyd - NonRT
#1023	Curriculum Vitae of Bob Grace - NonRT
#1024	Curriculum Vitae of Douglas Hill - NonRT
#1025	Regulatory Information Submission System (RISS), Overview - CAN300921
#1026	Lowell et al, National Assessment of Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring Data-Findings from Cycles 1 through 3, 2005 - CAN310322
#1027	Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring-A Smart Regulation Opportunity, Dec 2005 - NonRT
#1028	Smart Regulation Initiative for Environmental Effects Monitoring, Response [EC website] - NonRT
#1029	Tessier et al, National Assessment of Cycle 4 Data from the Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring Program, Jan 30 2009 - CAN310323
#1030	Upper Fraser River Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Cycle Five Interpretive Report, Mar 2010 - CAN300740
#1031	Hagen et al, Environmental Response to Decreased Dioxin and Furan Loadings from BC Coastal Pulp Mils - NonRT
#1032	Summary Review of Performance of Metal Mines, Subject to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations in 2009, Sep 2010 - NonRT
#1033	Metal Mining Environmental Effects Monitoring Review Team Report, Aug 2007 - NonRT
#1034	Lowell et al, National Assessment of Phase 1 Data from the Metal Mining Environmental Effects Monitoring Program - NonRT
#1035	Mill Effluent Discharge Permit PE-01152 for Cariboo Pulp and Paper, Jul 12 2005 - BCP001623
#1036	Mine and Mill Effluent Discharge Permit PE-00416 for Gibraltar Mine, Jul 12 2009 - BCP003048
#1037	Compliance Activity Tracking Sheet-Mining (Cariboo Region), undated - NonRT
#1038	Clean, Safe Water-Implementing Sustainable Practices in the Pulp and Paper Industry, A 10-year Path to Success, undated [GOC] - NonRT
#1039	BC Pulp and Paper Mills Maps - Update to Figures 1 and 2 in Colodey et al 1999, June 2011 - NonRT
#1040	Holmes, Review of Thompson River Partnership Monitoring Report, Nov 30 2010 - NonRT
#1041	Effluents from Pulp Mills using Bleaching, [Health Canada website] - NonRT
#1042	Easton et al, Genetic Toxicity of Pulp Mill Effluent on Juvenile Chinook Salmon Using Flow Cytometry, 1997 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 14, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Municipal Wastewater

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Municipal Wastewater

Dr. Ken Ashley (* Instructor, BCIT; Adjunct Professor, UBC; Senior Scientist, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants)
Dr. Peter Ross (* Research Scientist, Marine Environmental Quality Section, Institute of Oceans Sciences, DFO)
Graham van Aggelen (* Head, Environmental Toxicology Section, Pacific Environmental Science Centre, Environment Canada)

Exhibit List

#1043	Curriculum Vitae of Peter Ross - NonRT
#1044	Curriculum Vitae of Graham van Aggelen - CAN330058
#1045	Curriculum Vitae of Ken Ashley - NonRT
#1046	Bruno et al, Toxicological Evaluation of Emerging Chemicals in Municipal Wastewater Effluents within the Georgia Basin, Mar 31 2009 [PESC-EC] - CAN310554
#1047	Wastewater Systems and Effluent Regulations and Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, Mar 20 2010 [Canada Gazette] - CAN300925
#1048	Memo to R Brown from RW Macdonald et al - Collective thoughts on the Wastewater System Effluent Regulations, Feb 2010 - NonRT
#1049	Proposed Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Mgmt, May 2010 [Metro Vancouver] - MVA000003
#1050	Letter from Lake (BC MOE) to Jackson (MetroVan) re Liquid Waste Mgmt Plan, with revisions, May 30 2011 - NonRT
#1051	Liquid Waste Mgmt Plan, Feb 2001 [Greater Vancouver Regional District ] - MVA000004
#1052	The State of Municipal Wastewater Effluents in Canada, 2001 [Environment Canada] - CAN025061
#1053	[Identical to Exh 742] Ross et al, Large and Growing Environmental Reservoirs of Deca-BDE Present an Emerging Health Risk for Fish and Marine Mammals, undated draft - CAN320005
#1054	Ashley, Contaminants in Sewage, Presentation for Speaking for the Salmon-Summit on FRSS, Mar 31 2010 [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1055	GVS & DD Monitoring Results for Operating Certificate, Iona Island WWTP Effluent, Jun-Oct 2010 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 15, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Municipal Wastewater

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Municipal Wastewater

James Arnott (Manager, Wastewater Section, Public and Resources Sectors Directorate, Environmental Stewards Branch, Environment Canada)
Dr. Albert van Roodselaar (Division Manager, Utility Planning and Environmental Management, Metro Vancouver)

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Municipal Wastewater

Dr. Laura Rempel (* Habitat Biologist, Ecosystem Branch, DFO)
Dr. Marvin Rosenau (* Instructor, Fish Wildlife and Recreation Technology, British Columbia Institute of Technology)

Exhibit List

#1056	Curriculum Vitae of James Arnott - CAN330057
#1057	Curriculum Vitae of Albert van Roodselaar - NonRT
#1058	Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wasterwater Effluent, Feb 17 2009 [CCME] - CAN300922
#1059	Cautions, Warnings and Triggers: A Process for Protection of hte Receiving Environment, Vol 1 - Main Doc, Jan 2004 - MVA000198
#1060	Peer Review of Cycle 3 of the Iona Deep-Sea Outfall Environmental Monitoring Program Final Report, June 2006 [GVRD] - MVA000135
#1061	Wastewater - Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District Quality Control Annual Report 2009 [MetroVan] - NonRT
#1062	Letter from S Farlinger (DFO) to C Badger (VPA) re GVRD Liquid Waste Mgmt Plan, Jul 30 2002 - CAN459564
#1063	Letter from M Wilson (EC) to A van Roodselaar (MV) re EC's Comments on Metro Vancouver's LWM Plan Five-Year Review, Apr 24 2009 - CAN460029
#1064	GVRD Environmental Monitoring Cmte Terms of Reference, Mar 5 2001 - MVA000197
#1065	Letter to GVRD from Environment Canada - Warning Respecting an Alleged Violation, Mar 20 2011 - NonRT
#1066	Letter from D Fast (EC) to D Clairmont (City of Vancouver) re City Council's Recommendations re the GVRD LWMP, May 15 2001 - NonRT
#1067	Letter from B Wilson (EC) to K Cameron (GVRD) re GVRD Liquid Waste Mgmt Plan, June 14 2001 - NonRT
PPR16	Gravel Removal in the Lower Fraser River, May 20 2011 - NonRT
#1068	Curriculum Vitae of Laura Rempel - CAN295263
#1069	Curriculum Vitae of Marvin Rosenau - NonRT
#1070	Rempel & Church, Physical and Ecological Response to Disturbance by Gravel Minig in a Large Alluvial River, 2009 - CAN402663
#1071	Rempel, Thesis: Physical and Ecological Organization in a Large, Gravel-Bed River and Response to Disturbance, July 2004 - BCP001764
#1072	Email from M Rosenau (BCIT) to B Mueller et al, re Fish Collection Permit, Dec 13 2010 [with attachment - see Exh 1073] - NonRT
#1073	Attachment to Exh 1072 - Basok et al, Fraser River Seine Sampling, Nov 7 2007, [FR Gravel Stewardship Cmte] - NonRT
#1074	Rosenau, Lower Fraser Gravel Reach Assessment of Past and Proposed Gravel Bar Mining Locations, Dec 10 2010 [FRGSC] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 16, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 1:30PM - 3:30PM

Please note the adjusted times for the afternoon session.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Gravel Removal

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Gravel Removal

Dr. Laura Rempel (* Habitat Biologist, Ecosystem Branch, DFO)
Dr. Marvin Rosenau (* Instructor, Fish Wildlife and Recreation Technology, British Columbia Institute of Technology)

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Gravel Removal

Julia Berardinucci (District Manager, Metro Vancouver-Squamish District, Land and Natural Resources Operations, BC Ministry of Forests)
Jason Hwang (Area Manager, Ecosystem Management Branch, BC Interior Area, DFO)

Exhibit List

#1075	Morrison et al, Species Composition, Utilization and Overwintering Survival of Fishes in Off-Channel Habitats of FR, Hope BC, May 2011 - NonRT
#1076	Letter of Agreement-Lower Fraser River Gravel Removal Plan [DFO website] - CAN036190
#1077	Letter of Agreement-Lower Fraser River Gravel Removal Plan Extension, Feb 16 2009 - CAN205456
#1078	Governance Structure for BC Lower Fraser River Gravel Removal [chart] - CAN295264
#1079	Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) Screening Report [sample], Feb 2009 [DFO]- CAN006017
#1080	Fisheries Act S 35(2) and S 32 Authorization for Works or Undertaking Affecting Fish Habitat [DFO], Feb-Mar 2009 - NonRT
#1081	CEAA Screening Report for Tranmer Bar, Jan 2011 - NonRT
#1082	Fisheries Act Subsection 35 Authorization for Tranmer Bar, Jan 2011 - NonRT
#1083	Water Allocation - Approval Application Report (Changes in and about a stream), Jan 2011 - NonRT
#1084	Application for Approval to Make Changes in and About Fraser River (Tranmer Bar and Spaeti Bar) Approval 2005807, NonRT
#1085	Letter from M Church to A Griffin (Strategic Mitigation Programs EMBC), 30 Mar 2010 - CAN421275
#1086	Church, Sediment Management in Lower Fraser River- Criteria for a Sustainable Long-Term Plan for the Gravel-Bed Reach, Mar 30 2010 - CAN429784
#1087	Fraser River Sediment Removal Surveys - Statistical Meta-Analysis (2004-2008), Apr 2009 [DFO-EMBC] - CAN024231
#1088	McLean et al, Sediment Transport Along Lower Fraser River, Aug 1999 - NonRT
#1089	Email thread btw K Benner and L Rempel et al re Request for Input on Stream-Race Sockeye in Fraser near Chilliwack, ending Dec 17 2010 - NonRT
#1090	Environmental Monitor's 30 Day Post-Construction Report for the Dec 2010 Outlet Channel Construction at Little Big Bar, Fraser River , Jan 2011 - NonRT
#1091	Langer, Inspection of Gravel Bars in the Lower Fraser Gravel Reach and Commentary on Recent Past Mining Impacts, Dec 17 2010 [FRGSC] - NonRT
#1092	Curriculum Vitae of Julia Berardinucci - NonRT
#1093	Letter of Agreement Lower Fraser River Sediment Removal Program - For the Purposes of Flood Prevention Management, Apr 2010 [EMBC & DFO] - NonRT
#1094	Fraser Gravel - Issues and Considerations for How DFO Manages the File, Apr 21 2010 [DFO] - CAN403377
#1095	Fraser River Gravel Reach Sediment Management - Long Term Planning Meeting Notes Mar 14 2001 - NonRT
#1096	Water Stewardship Report on an Approval Application (Changes in and About a Stream), Feb 6 2009 [EMBC] - CCI001179
#1097	Ltr from J Berardinucci to A Griffin, re Application for Approval to Make Changes in and About the Fraser at Tranmer Bar - Approval #2005590, Feb 6 2009 - CAN190423
#1098	Berardinucci, Reason for Decision, A2005590 Application fro Approval of Gravel Removal from Tranmer Bar, Feb 6 2009 [BC] - CAN434732
#1099	BC Flood Protection Program Presentation to BCWF, Apr 11 2008 [BC MPS PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1100	Ltr from D Konkin to S Farlinger re Fraser River Sediment Mgmt Program, Jul 30 2010 - NonRT
#1101	Financial Chart for Flood Protection Infrastructure and Sediment Mgmt Programs 2005-2010, May 14 2010 - NonRT
#1102	Budget Sheet for Flood Protection Infrastructure (Mission to Hope) 2005-2011, NonRT
#1103	Fraser River Gravel Removal Plan - Proposed Tranmer Bar Extraction 2009, Nov 20 2008 [Emergency Mgmt BC] - CAN094850

Evidentiary Hearing
June 17, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

One Session only: 9:00AM - 1:00PM

Please note the adjusted hours.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Logging

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Logging

Peter Delaney (Former chief, Habitat Policy Unit and Fish Habitat Unit, and former senior program advisor, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)
Ian Miller (Manager, Sustainable Forest Management, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
Dr. Peter Tschaplinski (Research scientist, Fish-Forestry Interactions and Watershed Research, BC Ministry of Environment)

Exhibit List

PPR17	Regulation of Forestry Activities Impacting Fraser River Sockeye Habitat, May 2011 - NonRT
#1104	Curriculum Vitae of Peter Tschaplinski - NonRT
#1105	Curriculum Vitae of Ian Miller - NonRT
#1106	Curriculum Vitae of Peter Delaney - NonRT
#1107	Tschaplinski, Report #27-State of Stream Channels, Fish Habitats and their Adjacent Riparian Areas, Dec 2010 [FREP] - BCP1001958
#1108	Chief Forester's 2010 Annual Report on the Forest and Range Evaluation Program, Feb 2011 [FREP] - BCP1001956
#1109	The State of British Columbia's Forests, 3rd Edition (2010) [BC Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands] - NonRT
#1110	Riparian Management Area Guidebook, Dec 1995 [BC Ministry of Forests website] - [BCP002161]
#1111	Fish-stream Crossing Guidebook, Mar 2002 [Forest Practices Code of BC] - CAN006054
#1112	Coastal Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook, Apr 1999, [Forest Development Plan] - BCP002176
#1113	Coastal Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook 1995 - NonRT
#1114	Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook 1995 - NonRT
#1115	Fish-Stream Identification Guidebook, Aug 1998 - CAN021792
#1116	Memo to Forest License Holders Re Fisheries and Oceans Transition Strategy, Jun 30 2005 - CAN005946
#1117	Memo to L Doney Re Fisheries Act Implications of Logging Adjacent to Small Streams, Feb 28 2000 - CAN285482-3
#1118	Assessment of the Condition of Small Fish-Bearing Streams - BCP000431
#1119	Assessing Professional Reliance in the Forest Sector, Jan 2010 - NonRT
#1120	The FRPA and Professional Reliance - NonRT
#1121	Expectations That Affect The Mgmt of Public Forest and Range Lands in BC, Feb 2006 - NonRT
#1122	Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, 2007 - NonRT
#1123	The Bowron River Watershed, Mar 2008 - NonRT
#1124	Mountain Pine Beetle and Salvage Harvesting, Mar 2009 - NonRT
#1125	Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts on Channel Morphology and Woody Debris, 2008 - NonRT
#1126	Guidance on Landscape in Large-Scale Mountain Pine Beetle Salvage Operations, Dec 2005 - NonRT
#1127	Concerns and Issues Regarding the Forest and Range Practices Act - NonRT
#1128	Expedited Timber Supply Review for the Lakes, Prince George and Quesnel, Jun 2004 - CAN027947
#1129	Cooperation Agreement - Respecting Fish -- Forestry Interactions, May 28 2006 - CAN220736
#1130	Fish Passage at Stream Crossings, Jan 2009 - CAN005925
#1131	No Net Loss of Fish Habitat, 2000 - CON000030
#1132	Mountain Pine Beetle Threats to Salmon and Fisheries Resources in BC, Nov 15 2007 - FNC000040
#1133	Memo to H Stolar Re Notification of Proposed Amendment to the Tolko Ind. Cariboo Woodlands, Forest Stewardship Plan, Dec 14 2009 - CAN178246

Evidentiary Hearing
June 20, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
June 21, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
June 22, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
June 23, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
June 27, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:45AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Please note the early start time.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Fishing

Witnesses

Aboriginal Fishing

Dr. Douglas Harris (* Associate dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia)

Exhibit List

PPR18	Department of Fisheries and Oceans Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Fishing, Dec 2 2010 - NonRT
#1134	Curriculum Vitae of Doug Harris - NonRT
#1135	Harris, The Recognition and Regulation of Aboriginal Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fishereis to 1982, Jan 12 2011 - NonRT
#1136	Harris Landing, Native Fisheries Indian Reserves Fishing Rights in BC 1849-1925 - NonRT
#1137	Harris, Fish Law and Colonialism-The Legal Capture of Salmon in BC - NonRT
#1138	Extract of 62-Page Dispatch From Douglas to Duke of Newcastle Dated Oct 9 1860 - NonRT
#1139	Proceedings of the First House of Assembly, Feb 8 1859 - NonRT
#1140	Wright, The Public Right of Fishing, Government Fishing Policy and Indian Fishing Rights in Upper Canada, Dec 1994 [Ontario History] - NonRT
#1141	Letter to Inspector of Fisheries Letter, July 1912 - NonRT
#1142	Excerpt From Coast Salish Essays, Wayne Suttles, 1987 - NonRT
#1143	Excerpt from Sessional Papers Volume 7 - NonRT
#1144	Memo From W Suttles Re Regina v. Ronald Sparrow - NonRT
#1145	Royal Instructions to British Colonial Governors 1670-1776 - NonRT
#1146	Accounts and Papers - Colonies - Vancouvers Island 1849 - NonRT
#1147	Hansard's Parliamentary Debates England 1849 - NonRT
#1148	Ralston K. The 1900 Strike of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fishermen, 1965 (excerpt) - NonRT
#1149	Letters From Found W. to Sword J., 1910 re Stuart River Barricades - NonRT
#1150	Harris and Millerd, Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood - NonRT
#1151	Hewes re Indian Fisheries Productivity in Pre-Contact Times in the Pacific Salmon Area - NonRT
#1152	Douglas Harris, Fish, Law, and Colonialism (Excerpt) - NonRT
#1153	Letter from Indian Agent Lomas to John McNab, Jan 26 1892 - NonRT
#1154	Letter from John McNab to S.P. Bauset, Feb 29, 1892 - NonRT
#1155	Letter from Indian Agent Lomas to A.W. Vowell, Mar 31, 1892 - NonRT
#1156	Letter from John McNab to S.P. Bauset, Apr 21 1892 - NonRT
#1157	Mackie, Trading Beyond the Mountains, 1957 - NonRT
#1158	W Suttles, The Fort Langley Journals 1827-30 - NonRT
#1159	Sproat Memorandum, 1878 - NonRT
#1160	Barbara Lane Affidavit, Dec 2 2009 - NonRT
#1161	Northwest Boundary Commission Map, 1869 - NonRT
#1162	Campbell and Butler, Archaeological Evidence for Resilience of Pacific Northwest Salmon Populations - NonRT
#1163	Harris, The Boldt Decision in Canada - NonRT
#1164	Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, About Us - NonRT
#1165	Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Comprehensive Tribal Natural Resources Management, 2011 - NonRT
#1166	Five Issues Five Battlegrounds - STC000219
#1167	Report of the Government of BC on the Subject of Indian Reserves - NonRT
#1168	Report of the Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs - NonRT
#1169	Annual Report of the Department of the Interior - NonRT
#1170	Memorandum of the Instructions to the Dominion Commissionor of the BC Indian Lend Question - NonRT
#1171	Instructions to Sproat - Issued by Provincial Secretary - NonRT
#1172	Indian Reserve Commission Office, Oct 30 1886 - NonRT
#1173	Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864-1990 - NonRT
#1174	Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs - NonRT
#1175	From S. Pragnell, Office of Inspector of Indian Agencies BC - NonRT
#1176	Final Report - Bella Coola Agency (Excerpts) - NonRT
#1177	D. Harris, Landing Native Fisheries - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 28, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Fishing

Witnesses

Aboriginal Fishing

Barry Huber (Aboriginal Affairs Advisor, BC Interior, DFO)
Russ Jones (Technical director / policy analyst / project manager, Haida Fisheries Program; member, First Nations Fisheries Council; alternate commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Grand Chief Saul Terry (Member, St’at’imc Nation; chief executive officer, Intertribal Treaty Organization; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Neil Todd (Operations Manager, Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, Fisheries Consultant, Nicola Tribal Association)

Exhibit List

#1178	Curriculum Vitae of Barry Huber - NonRT
#1179	Bio of Grand Chief Saul Terry - NonRT
#1180	Curriculum Vitae of Neil Todd - NonRT
#1181	AAROM Collaborative Management Contribution Agreement Amendment, 2009-2010 [FRAFS-Nicola Tribal Assoc] - CAN352223
#1182	AAROM Contribution Progress Report Collaborative Management, Jan 31 2010 [FRAFS] - CAN046502
#1183	Curriculum Vitae of Russ Jones - NonRT
#1184	AAROM Capacity Building Contribution Agreement Amendment - CAN080232
#1185	AAROM Contribution Progress-Supplementary-Final Report Capacity-Building - CAN080246
#1186	Fraser Watershed Agreement, 1993 - CAN285118
#1187	An Integrated Aboriginal Policy Framework 2006-2010 [DFO] - CAN000178
#1188	Themes for Discussion at DFO-First Nations Fraser Salmon Roadmap Workshop, Dec 10 2009 - [Draft] - CAN029476
#1189	BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan-Preparing for Transformative Change in the BC Fishery - CAN032610
#1190	BCFNFC Statement of Solidarity on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Joint Mgmt, Nov 2 2010 - NonRT
#1191	Commitment to Action and Results FNFC-DOF May 26 2010 - NonRT
#1192	FNFC Co-Management Working Group Terms of Reference Draft May 27 2010 - NonRT
#1193	FNFC Economic Access Working Group Terms of Reference Aug 12 2010 - NonRT
#1194	FNFC Sec 35-1 Food Social and Ceremonial Fisheries Working Group Terms of Reference Draft May 27 2010 - NonRT
#1195	FNFC Aquaculture Working Group Terms of Reference Draft May 27 2010 - NonRT
#1196	REPLACEMENT FNFC Public Perception Audit (Nov 2010) - NonRT
#1197	Letter From FNLC to K Ashfield Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Jun 16 2011 - NonRT
#1198	Capacity for Co-Management of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Mar 2010 - NonRT
#1199	Trajectory of Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries (REPLACED) - CAN186113
#1200	Kunst Aa Guu - Kunst AaYah Reconciliation Protocol - FNC000024
#1201	Memorandum of Understanding on Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area [Dec 11 2008] - NonRT
#1202	Working Models for Fisheries Collaborative Management, Apr 18 2006 - NonRT
#1203	Memorandum of Understanding on Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area, Dec 11 2008 - [CORRECTED] - FNC000028
#1204	FNFC Communique, Apr 2011 - NonRT
#1205	FNFC Communique, Jun 2011 - NonRT
#1206	J Corey Re DFO Co-Management Workshop -- Planning Session, Jul 14 2010 - CAN446454
#1206A	Overview of Co-Management in DFO Pacific Region, Jul 2010 - CAN446455
#1206B	DFO Strategic Planning Session RE Co-Management, Jul 15 2010, [DFO] - CAN446456
#1207	Establishing a Fraser Watershed Process, Aug 8 2003, [DFO] - CAN068771
#1207A	13 Recommendations for Achieving a FN--DFO Fraser Watershed Process, Appendix E - CAN068771
#1208	Exploring New Governance Approaches to Salmon in BC, Jan 2009 - CAN423871
#1209	BCI FN Consultation Record, 2007 to 2010 - NonRT
#1210	LF FN Consultation Record, 2005 to 2010 - NonRT
#1211	Summary of 2010 South Coast General Consultations - NonRT
#1212	Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation, Mar 2011 - NonRT
#1213	Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning, Jan 18 2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
June 29, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearing adjourned.

Evidentiary Hearing
June 30, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Fishing

Witnesses

Aboriginal Fishing

Barry Huber (Aboriginal Affairs Advisor, BC Interior, DFO)
Russ Jones (Technical director / policy analyst / project manager, Haida Fisheries Program; member, First Nations Fisheries Council; alternate commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Grand Chief Saul Terry (Member, St’at’imc Nation; chief executive officer, Intertribal Treaty Organization; commissioner, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Neil Todd (Operations Manager, Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, Fisheries Consultant, Nicola Tribal Association)

Exhibit List

#1214	Canada's Written Re-Examination of Paul Ryall re WSP 2 Integrated Planning, Jun 9 2011 - NonRT
#1214A	Deroba and Bence, A Review of Harvest Policies, 2008 - NonRT
#1215	Canada's Written Re-Examination of Mark Saunders re WSP 2 Integrated Planning, Jun 13 2011 - NonRT
#1216	Commission Counsel's Written Re-Examination of Rob Morley re WSP 2 Integrated Planning, Jun 15 2011 - NonRT
#1217	Commission Counsel's Written Re-Examination of Jeffery Young re WSP 2 Integrated Planning, Jun 15 2011 - NonRT
#1218	Commission Counsel's Written Re-Examination of Paul Ryall re WSP 2 Integrated Planning, Jun 16 2011 - NonRT
#1218A	Revised Answer to Question 5 of Commission Counsel's Re-Examination of Paul Ryall re WSP (Part 2), Jun 20 2011 - NonRT
#1219	Commission Counsel's Written Re-Examination of Mark Saunders re WSP 2 Integrated Planning, Jun 16 2011 - NonRT
#1219A	WSP Abundance Metrics, Draft June 2011 [Chart] - NonRT
#1219B	WSP Trends Metrics, Draft June 2011 [Chart] - NonRT
#1219C	Revised Answer to Question 8D of Commission Counsel's Re-Examination of Mark Saunders re WSP (Part 2) - NonRT
#1220	Overview of the Fraser River Salmon Roadmap Initiative, undated - NonRT
#1221	Population or Membership Data for Aboriginal Organizations [DOJ] - NonRT
#1222	The Hard Way, from Westcoast Fisherman, News Briefs, Dec 1992 - NonRT
#1223	Ebbin, Enhanced Fit Through Institutional Interplay in the Pacific Northwest Salmon Co-management Regime, 2002 - NonRT
#1224	FSC Access Guiding Principles, 2006 [Draft, DFO] - CAN038055
#1225	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes - Trial Implementation, May 2 2006 [PowerPoint] - CAN352150
#1226	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes - Part 1-Pacific Region Operational Framework (Working Draft), Apr 2006 [DFO] - CAN352149
#1227	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes - Part 2-Pacific Region Evaluation and Decision Framework (Working Draft v1.1), May 2006 [DFO] - CAN000174
#1228	Management Principles for FSC Fisheries - CAN008864
#1229	DFO Guidelines For Responding to Requests to Fish FSC in Areas not Previously Authorized - CAN037884
#1230	First Nations Fisheries Council FSC Working Group - Work Plan as of Nov 2010 - NonRT
#1231	First Nations-DFO Co-Management Working Group - Rolling Draft Workplan, Oct 31 2010 [DFO] - NonRT
#1232	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC - Overview of Strategic Issues - CAN352169
#1233	FSC Access Decision Package - Example - [Jan 5 2006] - CAN352159
#1234	FSC Access Evaluation Framework - [Apr 20 2006] - CAN352167
#1235	Draft - Methods for Sharing FSC Sockeye - [Apr 15 2010] - CAN095121
#1236	To Minister Shea From FNFC Re Process Associated with Proposed Regs - [Aug 10 2010] - NonRT
#1237	To DFO D McCallum AMB From FNFC Re Process Associated with Draft Aquaculture Licence - [Nov 16 2010] - NonRT
#1238	To Minister Shea From FN Leadership Council Re Proposed Regulations - [Aug 10 2010] - NonRT
#1239	Summary Report of Aquaculture Community Meeting at Kamloops - [Feb 9 2010] - NonRT
#1240	FN Views on Proposed Federal Aquaculture for BC Community Sessions Report - [May 7 2010] - NonRT
#1241	BCFNFC Report - Planning for Development of Integrated Mgmt of Aq Plans - [Jan 24 2011] - NonRT
#1242	Approach to Developing Co-Management Structure - CAN353715
#1243	Negotiation Mandate - CAN352374
#1244	To Minister Shea From First Nations Summit Response to Regulations [Jul 23 2010] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
July 4, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Fishing

Witnesses

Aboriginal Fishing

Ernie Crey (Member, Stó:lō Nation; fisheries and policy advisor, Stó:lō Tribal Council; member, Executive Committee, Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat)
Barry Rosenberger (Area director, BC Interior, DFO; Canadian chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Marcel Shepert (Coordinator, Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance; alternate member, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Ross Wilson (Member, Heiltsuk Nation; director, Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department)

Exhibit List

#1245	Bio of Marcel Shepert - NonRT
#1246	Bio of Ross Wilson - NonRT
#1247	Bio of Ernie Crey - NonRT
#1248	Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance AAROM Collaborative Mgmt Contribution Agreement Amendment, 2009-2010 - CAN200202
#1249	UFFCA 2009-2010 Collaborative Management Agreement Dec 2009 Contribution Progress Report - CAN295862
#1250	Comprehensive Fisheries Agreement for Sockeye, Pink and Chum Salmon, CFA2009-1912 - CAN019248
#1251	Currivulum Vitae of Marcel Shepert - NonRT
#1252	Email from K Malloway to S Farlinger (DFO) re issues raised by FN Forum participants, Feb 2 11 - NonRT
#1253	Letter to Malloway from Farlinger re Issues Raised by the FN Forum Participants, Feb 22 2011 - NonRT
#1254	Email to Farlinger from Malloway re Issues Raised by FN Forum Participants Mar 10 2011 - NonRT
#1255	Letter to Malloway from Farlinger re Issues Raised by the FN Forum Participants Mar 28 2011 - NonRT
#1256	Recommendations to DFO From the First Nations Participants of the Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning - NonRT
#1257	Gutierrez Hilborn Defeo, Leadership Social Capital and Incentives Promote Successful Fisheries, 2011 - NonRT
#1258	Gardner, Fraser Salmon, Roadmap-Document Analysis and Process Recommendations Summary, Mar 2011 [FRAFS] - NonRT
#1259	Gardner, Fraser Salmon, Roadmap-Document Analysis and Process Recommendations, Mar 2011 [FRAFS] - NonRT
#1260	Letter from M Shepert to D Averill re BC Sockeye Salmon MSC Certification Process Oct 08 - NonRT
#1261	Market Planning and Coordination Support [DFO] - CAN459571
#1262	Letter From M Shepert to K McGivney, Re AAROM program issues, Oct 22 2007 - NonRT
#1263	Integrative Science and Two-Eyed Seeing - Presentation to UFFCA, Mar 3 2010 - NonRT
#1264	DFO Map 3938 With Alterations - NonRT
#1265	DFO Map 3727 With Alterations - NonRT
#1266	Restoration Project Costs [Central Coast Restoration Project] - NonRT
#1267	NOTES From Conference Call re HTC FSC Concerns, Aug 31 2010 - NonRT
#1268	Central Coast First Nations Marine Use Plan (COMBINED) - NonRT
#1269	Email Wong to Wilson, Heiltsuk Request to Increase Their FSC Sockeye Allocation for 2011, May 4 2011 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
July 5, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Fishing

Witnesses

Aboriginal Fishing

Ernie Crey (Member, Stó:lō Nation; fisheries and policy advisor, Stó:lō Tribal Council; member, Executive Committee, Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat)
Barry Rosenberger (Area director, BC Interior, DFO; Canadian chair, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Marcel Shepert (Coordinator, Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance; alternate member, Fraser River Panel, Pacific Salmon Commission)
Ross Wilson (Member, Heiltsuk Nation; director, Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department)

Exhibit List

#1270	Guidelines Respecting the Issuance of Licences under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations (ACFLR), Feb 7 2001 - CAN000059
#1271	Management Guidelines to Address FSC Sharing Arrangements for Fraser Sockeye When TAC Does Not Meet FSC Harvest Targets, Aug 12 2009 - CAN254150
#1272	Okanagan Nations Alliance (ONA) Pilot Demo Catch (Landings) 2010, undated [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1273	Riverfresh Wild BC Salmon Order Form, undated [Secwepemc Fisheries Commission] - NonRT
#1274	Huang, Commercial & First Nations Inland Demonstration Fisheries-2010 Overview, Mar 24 2011 [IHPC, PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1275	Registered Indian Population by Sex and Type of Residence by Group, Responsibility Centre and Region 2002, Region 9 - British Columbia (excerpt) - NonRT
#1276	Memo from B Ennevor re Lower Fraser River First Nation Salmon Fisheries Report for Week Ending Nov 10 2002, Nov 14 2002 [DFO] - NonRT
#1277	GOC Memo from FJ Fraser to GE Jones, Apr 14, 1987 [Exh 9, Tab F excerpted from Van der Peet v HM the Queen, Case on Appeal Vol II] - NonRT
#1278	Affidavit of Dennis Brown, June 16 2011 - NonRT and [Formerly For ID Y] Walters, Where Have All the Sockeye Gone [UBC, PowerPoint] - CAN315587
#1279	Canada's Response to Treaty Fishery Questions Received from Commission, Jan 31 2011 - NonRT
#1280	Terms of Reference for the Signatories, undated [Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance] - NonRT
#1281	Fishers Working Together - Five Year Stategic Framework - 2011-2016, finalized June 3 2011 [Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance] - NonRT
#1282	Copes, Aboriginal Fishing Rights and Salmon Management in BC-Matching Historical Justice with the Public Interest, 2000 - STC000223
#1283	BC Interior Unsanctioned Harvest 2005-2006, [Excel] - CAN285157

Evidentiary Hearing
July 6, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Witnesses

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Dr. Richard Beamish (* Former research scientist and head, Salmon Interactions group, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Stewart McKinnell (* Deputy Executive Secretary, North Pacific Marine Science Organization (“PICES”))
Dr. David Welch (* President and CEO, Kintama Research Services Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#1284	Curriculum Vitae of Stewart McKinnell [redacted] - NonRT
#1285	Curriculum Vitae of Richard James Beamish - NonRT
#1286	Curriculum Vitae of David Welch - CAN285346
#1287	Curriculum Vitae of Enrique Curchitser - NonRT
#1288	Bio of Cornelius Groot - NonRT
#1289	Curriculum Vitae of Masahide Kaeriyama - NonRT
#1290	Curriculum Vitae of Katherine Myers - NonRT
#1291	Cohen Commission Technical Report 4 - Marine Ecology - Feb 2011 - CCI001134
#1292	Welch et al, In Situ Measurement of Coastal Ocean Movements and Survival of Juvenile Pacific Salmon, 2011 [BC POST Study, PNAS] - NonRT
#1293	Welch, Fraser Sockeye Smolt Survival Estimates, 2011 [Graph] - NonRT
#1294	Beacham et al, Ocean Conditions Inside and Outside the Strait of Georgia are Important Contributors to the Fraser Sockeye Situation, April 2011 [ PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1295	Trudel, Interannual Variation in Juvenile Sockeye Salmon Stock Composition, Figures for 2010 [DFO] - NonRT
#1296	Curriculum Vitae of Chrys-Ellen M. Neville - NonRT
#1297	Curriculum Vitae of Ruston Mathew Sweeting - NonRT
#1298	Curriculum Vitae of Richard E. Thomson - NonRT
#1299	Curriculum Vitae of Terry Dale Beacham - NonRT
#1300	Curriculum Vitae of Marc Trudel - NonRT
#1301	Curriculum Vitae of Paul Whitefield - NonRT
#1302	Curriculum Vitae of Roy A. S. Hourston - NonRT
#1303	Thomson, et al, Anomalous Ocean Conditions May Explain the Recent Extreme Variability in FRSS Production, Mar 2011 [DFO-PBS] - NonRT
#1304	Curriculum Vitae of David B. Preikshot - NonRT
#1305	Preikshot et al, The Residence Time of Juvenile FRSS in the Strait of Georgia, undated [DFO-PBS] - NonRT
#1306	Curriculum Vitae of Krista Lange - NonRT
#1307	Beamish et al, A Late Ocean Entry Life History Type Has Improved Survival for Sockeye and Chinook Salmon in Recent Years in the SOG, undated [DFO-PBS] - NonRT
#1308	Beamish et al, A Critical Size and Period Hypothesis to Explain Natural Regulation of Salmon Abundance and the Linkage to Climate and Climate Change 2001 - NonRT
#1309	Beamish et al, Evidence of Synchronous Failure in Juvenile Pacific Salmon and Herring Production in the SOG in Spring 2007, undated [DFO-PBS] - NonRT
#1310	State of Physical, Biological and Selected Fishery Resources of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems, [CSAS 2008-013] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
July 7, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:15AM- 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Please note the early start time.

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment
Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Gravel Removal

Witnesses

Effects on the Fraser River Watershed - Gravel Removal

Julia Berardinucci (District Manager, Metro Vancouver-Squamish District, Land and Natural Resources Operations, BC Ministry of Forests)
Jason Hwang (Area Manager, Ecosystem Management Branch, BC Interior Area, DFO)

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Dr. Richard Beamish (* Former research scientist and head, Salmon Interactions group, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Stewart McKinnell (* Deputy Executive Secretary, North Pacific Marine Science Organization (“PICES”))
Dr. David Welch (* President and CEO, Kintama Research Services Ltd.)

Exhibit List

#1311	A Long-term Research and Monitoring Plan (LMRP) for Pacific Salmon in the North Pacific Ocean, Oct 2009 (Special Publication No. 1), [NPAFC] - NonRT
#1312	Ware & Thomson, Bottom-Up Ecosystem Trophic Dynamic Determin Fish Production, Apr 2005 - CAN338288
#1313	Diet for Juvenile Chinook Salmon Captured in July Surveys in The Strait of Georgia, 2009 - NonRT
#1314	Welch et al, Freshwater and marine migration and survival of endangered Cultus Lake sockeye salmon smolts using POST, 2009 - NonRT
#1315	North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission - Jun 28 2011 - NonRT
#1316	PFRCC Terms of Reference Jun 06 2011 - NonRT
#1317	Plan for NPAFC BASIS Phase II 2009-2013 - NonRT
#1318	AIFRB Newsletter vol 39 #5 Sep-Oct 2010 - NonRT
#1319	Beamish, Future of Fisheries Science on Canada’s Pacific Coast, Dec 24 2008 - CAN297759
#1320	Healey, Cumulative Impacts of Climate Change, May 26 2011 - NonRT
#1321	Possible Reason for Poor Returns of Sockeye Salmon 2009 [DFO] - CAN069583
#1322	Noakes et al, Changing the Balance, 2000 [DFO] - NonRT
#1323	Beamish et al. Early Marine Survival of Coho Salmon, 2010, [Marine and Coastal Fisheries] - NonRT
#1324	Noakes Beamish, Shifting Balance, 2011, [American Fisheries Society] - NonRT
#1325	Chittenden Saksida Welch McKinley et al, Recent Salmon Decline, Aug 27 2010 - NonRT
#1326	Crawford Irvine, State of the Pacific Ocean 2009, [DFO] - NonRT
#1327	Crawford Irvine, State of Physical, Biological, and Selected Fishery Resources, 2010, [DFO] - NonRT
#1328	Beamish et al, Persistence of the Improved Productivity of 2000 Through to 2001, Oct 2001, [DFO] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
July 8, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 9:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Please note the early start time.

9:00AM - 10:00AM Cultus Lake – SARA Listing Decision

Dr. John Davis (DFO)

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Cultus Lake - SARA Listing Decision
Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Witnesses

Cultus Lake - SARA Listing Decision

Dr. John Davis (Former special advisor to the deputy minister, DFO, on species at risk)

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Dr. Jim Irvine (* Research Scientist, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Timothy Parsons (* Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC; Honorary Research Scientist, Institute of Ocean Sciences, DFO)

Exhibit List

#1329	SARA Emergency Listing Request-An Approach for the Recovery and Rebuilding of Sakinaw Lake and Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon, Mar 25 2004 [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1330	Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re SARA Legal Listing Decision - Cultus and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye, Aug 27 2004 - NonRT
#1331	Memo for the Minister (Decision Sought) re SARA Legal Listing Decision - Recommendation for Cultus and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye, Sep 13 2004 - NonRT
#1332	SARA and Potential Listing of 16 Aquatic Species incl Sakinaw and Cultus Lake Sockeye Stocks, Sep 10 2004 [PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1333	Memo from D Bevan (ADM Fisheries Mgmt) to P MacGillivray (RDG Pacific) re Cultus and Sakinaw Sockeye, Sep 17 2004 - NonRT
#1334	Email thread btw R Beamish and R Thomson re Sockeye report, ending May 3 2010 - CAN318714
#1335	Beamish et al, Estimating the Abundance of Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia by Means of Surface Trawls, 2000 [AFS] - NonRT
#1336	Beamish et al, An Aburpt Increase in the Abundance of Juvenile Salmon in the Strait of Georgia, Sep 2000 [NPAFC] - NonRT
#1337	Trudel, Juvenile Salmon Summer Catches, undated [Excel] - NonRT
#1338	Email thread btw D Mackas and M Trudel re Plankton in the Srait of Georgia, ending Jan 29 2010 - CAN399033
#1339	Email thread btw D Mackas and R Brown et al re Status of Str of Georgia Zooplankton samples and Plans for Beamish Samples, ending May 19 2010 - CAN134811
#1340	Beamish et al, A Proposed Life History Strategy for the Salmon Louse in the Subarctic Pacific, 2007 [Aquaculture] - CAN292488
#1341	Dill et al, Comment re Beamish et al (2007) A Proposed Life History Strategy for the Salmon Louse in the Subarctic Pacific, 2009 [Aquaculture] - CAN185244
#1342	Memo from B Hargreaves re Nov 20 2003 Meeting with BC and BCSFA on Preliminary Sea Lice Results, undated - CAN386274
#1343	Email thread btw D Welch and M Trudel et al re Trudel FR-Sockeye Outside Hypothesis Draft 3 June 2010, ending Jun 8 2010 - CAN178606
#1344	2010 Canadian Marine Ecosystem Status and Trends Report, June 2010 - [DFO Natl, CSAS 2010-030] - CAN070119
#1345	2 Documents -- Ocean and Way of Life Brochure and Haida Ocean and Way of Life Map - NonRT
#1346	2 Documents -- Into the Deep Blue - Marine Ecosystem Based Mgmt and Sea of Change - Integrated Marine Use Planning, undated [Coastal First Nations Turning Point Initiative] - NonRT
#1347	Bering Sea Integrated Research Program Study Plan (BSIERP), undated - NonRT
#1348	International Earth System Expert Workshop on Ocean Stresses and Impacts - Summary Report, June 2010 [IPSO] - NonRT
#1349	Curriculum Vitae of Timothy Parsons - NonRT
#1350	Parsons, Graph on Food Chains of the Oceans - Trophodynamics, undated - NonRT
#1351	Irvine and Akenhead, Unpublished Results re Chilko Sockeye, Jun 2011 [DFO & Ladysmith Insitute] - NonRT
#1352	Irvine, Chilko Sockeye Salmon Life Cycle, Jun 29 2011 [DFO PowerPoint] - NonRT
#1353	Parsons and Whitney, Did the Volcanic Ash from Mt.Kasatoshi in 2008 Contribute Signifciantly to a Phenomenal Increase in the FRSS in 2010, 2011 - NonRT
#1354	State of the Pacific Ocean 2006 [DFO Pacific, CSAS 2007-019] - CAN010700
#1355	State of the Pacific Ocean 2007 [DFO Pacific, CSAS 2008-028] - CAN010362
#1356	State of the Pacific Ocean 2008 [DFO Pacific, CSAS 2009-030] - CAN002930
#1357	ICUN Red List for Threatened Species - 2001 Categories and Criteria v3.1 [IUCN website as of Jun 29 2011 ] - NonRT
#1358	Sockeye Salmon - Supporting Documentation and Summary for Red List Assessments at Species and Subpopulation Levels, undated [IUCN Red List] - NonRT
#1359	Rensel et al, FRSS Marine Decline and Harmful Blooms of Heterosigma akashiwo, 2010 - NonRT
#1360	Crawford et al, State of Physical, Biological and Selected Fishery Resources of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems, [CSAS 2009-022] - CAN166745
PPR15A	Appendices B and C to PPR15 - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
July 11, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 12, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 13, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 14, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 18, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 19, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 20, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 21, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 25, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 26, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 27, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
July 28, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 1, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 2, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 3, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 4, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 8, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 9, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 10, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 11, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 15, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 16, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Hearings adjourned until August 17.

Evidentiary Hearing
August 17, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Witnesses

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Dr. Jack Rensel (* Aquatic science consultant, Rensel Associates Aquatic Science Consultants)

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Sergio Di Franco (Senior Enforcement and Prevention Officer, Environmental Response Branch, Canadian Coast Guard, DFO)
Bruce Reid (Regional manager, Oceans Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)
Dr. Peter Ross (* Research Scientist, Marine Environmental Quality Section, Institute of Oceans Sciences, DFO)

Exhibit List

#1361	Letter to Commission from DFO re Request for Info on Habitat Enahncement and Restoration, Aug 2 2011 - NonRT
#1361A	Attachment to Exh 1361 - DFO Financial Info re Habitat Enhancement and Restoration, Jul 26 2011 - NonRT
#1362	Responses to Exh 826 (Technical Report 2) - Robert Grace, Jul 9 2011 - NonRT
#1362A	Responses to Exh 826 (Technical Report 2) - Michael Hagen, Jul 8 2011 - NonRT
#1362B	Responses to Exh 826 (Technical Report 2) - Douglas Hill, Jul 8 2011 - NonRT
#1362C	Responses to Exh 826 (Technical Report 2) - Janice Boyd, Jul 8 2011 - NonRT
PPR19	Marine Environment Issues Potentially Relevant to Fraser Sockeye Salmon, Jul 21 2011 - NonRT
#1363	Affidavit #1 of Jack Rensel, Aug 17 2011 - NonRT
#1364	Draft Summary Report: DFO Synthesis Workshop on the Decline of FRS, Apr 14-15 2011 - NonRT
#1365	Haigh, Assessing the Impact of Harmful Algal Blooms on Wild Salmon Populations in BC: Planning for a HAB Monitoring Program, 2010 - NonRT
#1366	Watson, Questions and Answers on Salmon Aquaculture in British Columbia, v2, Aug 16 2011 - NonRT
#1367	Rensel and Forster, Beneficial Environmental Effects of Marine Finfish Mariculture [NOAA], Jul 22 2007 - NonRT
#1368	Submission to the Cohen Commisson, 0358-HAIGH - Harmful Algae Monitoring Program, Nov 2010 - NonRT
#1369	Email thread btw J Rensel, R Beamish, L Richards et al re FRS Mortality, Alternative Contributing Factors, ending Aug 14 2009 - CAN125125
#1370	Sellner et al, Harmful Algal Blooms: Causes, Impacts and Detection, Jul 30 2003 - NonRT
#1371	Briefing Memo for the Minister re Update on Factors Affecting the 2009 FRS Return (For Info), Jun 16 2011 - NonRT
#1372	Curriculum Vitae of Sergio DiFranco - CAN445490
#1373	Curriculum Vitae for Bruce Reid - CAN185595
#1374	Canadian Coast Guard Environmental Response Directive D-3030-2002-01 - CAN353804
#1375	Canadian Coast Guard Environmental Response Directive D-3040-2002-02 - NonRT
#1376	Email From M Joyce To B Adkins, 2007 10 03 Robson Bight CCG Response - CAN109663
#1377	From P Ross To B Reid, DFO and Pollution Response-Support - CAN322433
#1378	From P Ross To B Adkins, Further to J Marliave's Report of Dead and Moribund Crabs - CAN354930
#1379	Pacific Region Spill and Incident Response OHEB Role Marine Spills, Dec 6 2007 - NonRT
#1380	Canadian Coast Guard Marine Spills Contingency Plan, Apr 2011 - CAN486213
#1381	Ross et al, Salmon are Sensitive: Life History, Habitat, and Contaminants [PowerPoint] - CAN495484

Evidentiary Hearing
August 18, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Witnesses

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Sergio Di Franco (Senior Enforcement and Prevention Officer, Environmental Response Branch, Canadian Coast Guard, DFO)
Bruce Reid (Regional manager, Oceans Program, Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement Branch, DFO)
Dr. Peter Ross (* Research Scientist, Marine Environmental Quality Section, Institute of Oceans Sciences, DFO)

Effects on Habitat in the Marine Environment

Robin Brown (Head, Ocean Sciences Division, Institute of Ocean Sciences, DFO)

Exhibit List

#1382	Pacific Region Ocean Program Structure, Aug 4 2011 - CAN505257
#1383	Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area initiative update, May 2011 - NonRT
#1384	PNCIMA Initiative Engagement Strategy, May 30 2010 - NonRT
#1385	PNCIMA Issue Outputs and Tasks Review and Recommendations, Feb 14 2011 - NonRT
#1386	DFO Framework for Applying an Ecosystem Approach to Management, Jul 28 2011 - NonRT
#1387	Oil Spills from Ships-Chapter 1, 2010 - NonRT
#1388	Vancouver Airport Fuel Delivery Project-Executive Summary - NonRT
#1389	Sea Island Fuel Barge Facility, Mar 1989 - NonRT
#1390	Canada's Oceans Action Plan - CAN413217
#1391	Management Action Plan to Respond to Audit Recommendations, Jul 5 2011 - NonRT
#1392	Curriculum Vitae Robin Brown - NonRT
#1393	Canadian biodiversity-ecosystem status and trends 2010 - NonRT
#1394	A Report from the DFO Science Monitoring Implementation Team, May 2006 - CAN210415
#1395	DFO Science Pacific Region Vessel usage - NonRT
#1396	Brown, Pacific Marine Monitoring System, Aug 26 2008 - NonRT
#1397	Email From R Brown To E Black, Harmful Algal blooms and possible effects, Dec 15 2009 - CAN096611
#1398	Tompkins and Whitehouse, May 10 Data Overviews - CAN446828
#1399	Proposed Research Framework Request for Projects - NonRT
#1400	Climate Change Risk Assessment Report [DFO] - CAN011837
#1401	Commitments for contributed papers to the Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research initiative - NonRT
#1402	Integrated Risk Management, Sep 22 2010, [DFO] - CAN410703
#1403	Adapting to Climate Impacts-Chapter 3, 2010 - NonRT
#1404	Brown, Ocean Sciences Division-Prepared for the DND-DFO IPOC meeting, Oct 2 2008 - NonRT
#1405	Brown, Ocean Science Division–1000 Publications from OSD Publication database, Aug 8 2011 - NonRT
#1406	Brown, Top 10 OSD Publications Relevant to Sockeye - NonRT
#1407	Canadian Healthy Oceans Network, Aug 2 2011 - NonRT
#1408	Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network, Aug 2 2011 - NonRT
#1409	NSERC Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network (2009-2014), Aug 2 2011 - NonRT
#1410	McKinnell, Dagg, Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean 2003-2008 - NonRT
#1411	Climate Change and Pacific Fisheries - CAN142009
#1412	Climate Change 2007-Synthesis Report Summary for Policymakers - NonRT
#1413	Ocean Fertilization A scientific summary for policy makers - NonRT
#1414	Ocean Geo-engineering-Ocean Fertilization - NonRT
#1415	Quantifying and calibrating the cumulative effects to habitats - NonRT
#1416	Cumulative effects at multiple scales - NonRT
#1417	Email From R Brown To J Gower et al, West Coast Blooms - CAN354074

Evidentiary Hearing
August 19, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Aboriginal Fishing

Witnesses

Aboriginal Fishing

Kaarina McGivney (Former regional director, Treaty and Aboriginal Policy, DFO)
Julie Stewart (Director, Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (PICFI), DFO)

Exhibit List

#1418	Curriculum Vitae of Kaarina McGivney - NonRT
#1419	DFO Position Description - Regional Director, Treaty and Aboriginal Policy Directorate, June 2001 - CAN285314
#1420	Curriculum Vitae of Julie Stewart - NonRT
#1421	Email thread btw K McGivney, D Trager et al re Ceremonial Fishing in the Lower Fraser, ending Jun 3 2009 - CAN314755
#1422	Email thread btw A Bate B McCorquodale et al re Salmon Licenses, ending Jul 20 2010 - CAN354762
#1423	Terminal Fisheries Quality and Financial Variability, Draft May 10 1994 (incl Jun 21 1994 cover letter), - NonRT
#1424	PICFI-Okanagan Nation Alliance-Pilot Demo Fisheries 2010-2011, Mar 15 2010 - NonRT
#1425	M Ross, Near Terminal Commercial Fisheries Development Program 2007, Final Report, Apr 2008 [Secwepemc] - CAN022234
#1426	Aboriginal Fisheries Framework [DFO] - CAN459539
#1427	Blakely et al, Tsawwassen First Nation Post-Season Fisheries Report 2009, Oct 2010 - MTM100080
#1428	Pacific Region Budget - 2005-2006 - CAN185911
#1429	Treaty and Aboriginal Policy Directorate Budget 2009-2010 - NonRT
#1430	AFS PICFI AAROM Funding Spreadsheets - NonRT
#1431	Strengthening Our Relationship-Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy and Beyond, Oct 2003 - CAN000101
#1432	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes - Fall 2006 - CAN037330
#1433	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes Part 2A, May 2006 - CAN353016
#1434	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes Part 2C, May 2006 - CAN353018
#1435	FSC Launch Group-DFO Polices and Practice - CAN314751
#1436	FSC Priority Launch Crew - CAN069303
#1437	Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative, Dec 12 2008 - CAN043586
#1438	PICFI-Co-Management Year 4 Work Plan (2010-11) - CAN004894
#1439	Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative, Jun 21 2011 - NonRT
#1440	Meeting Record-Access and Distribution Workshop, Oct 27 2010 - NonRT
#1441	PICFI and ATP Relinquishments January 2008 to December 2010 - NonRT
#1442	Statistics on Commercial Fishing Licence Eligibilities and Quota - NonRT
#1443	Integrated Aboriginal Contribution Management Framework, May 6 2010 - NonRT
#1444	IACMF Agreement Template - NonRT
#1445	First Nations Access to Fish for FSC Purposes Part 2B, May 2006 - CAN000176
#1446	Fisheries Overview, Jun 3 2008 [DFO] - CAN037479
#1447	Lheidli Tenneh Final Agreement, Oct 29 2006 - CAN168376

Evidentiary Hearing
August 22, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Diseases

Witnesses

Diseases

Dr. Stewart Johnson (* Head, Aquatic Animal Health Section, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Michael Kent (* Professor, Microbiology & Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University)
Dr. Christine MacWilliams (* Fish health veterinarian, Aquatic Animal Health Section, Salmonid Enhancement Program, DFO)
Dr. Craig Stephen (* President, Centre for Coastal Health; professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary)

Exhibit List

#1448	Curriculum Vitae of Michael Kent - NonRT
#1449	Cohen Commission Technical Report 1 - Infectious Diseases and Potential Impacts on Survival of FRSS, Feb 2011 - CCI001131
#1450	Errata Sheet for Cohen Commission Technical Report 1, undated - NonRT
#1451	Curriculum Vitae of Stewart Johnson - CAN445501
#1452	Organizational Charts of DFO Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems Division, May 2011 - NonRT
#1453	Curriculum Vitae of Craig Stephen - NonRT
#1454	Cohen Commission Technical Report 1A - Hatchery Diseases, Jul 2011 - NonRT
#1455	Curriculum Vitae of Christine MacWilliams - NonRT
#1456	Garver, Hypothesis-Diseases in Freshwater and Marine Systems are an Important Contributor to the Fraser Sockey Situation, Jun 2010 - NonRT
#1457	Garver, IHNV in FRSS and VHSV in Atlantic Salmon, undated - CAN490137
#1458	MacWilliams, Update on Science Review, 2009 Fraser Sockeye - CAN206536
#1459	Specific Pathogen Control Plan for R sal, at BC Federal Enhancement Hatcheries and Affiliates, undated - NonRT
#1460	Memo from C MacWilliams to J Willis et al, re Broodstock Screening Results - Lakelse Sockeye, Sep 29 2010 [DFO] - CAN391718
#1461	Introduction to Pathogens, Diseases and Host Pathogen Interactions of Sockeye Salmon, April 2011 [DFO PowerPoint] - CAN464334
#1462	Wagner et al, Physiology and Immunology of Lepeoptheirus Salmonis Infections of Salmonids, Mar 7 2008 - CAN464333
#1463	Salmonid Enhancement Program Aquaculture Licence 2010 [Form, DFO] - NonRT
#1464	Rolland & Winton, Relative Resistance of Pacific Salmon to Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus, 2003 - NonRT
#1465	MacWilliams et al, Morphologic Description of ISAV-induced Lesions in Rainbow Trout Compared to Atlantic Salmon, Oct 31 2007 - CAN486357
#1466	Fish Health Management Plan - Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery, Revised Nov 2010 [Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC] - BCP1002051
#1467	Fish Health Management Plant - Vancouver Island Trout Hatchery, Mar 2008 [Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC] - BCP1002113
#1468	Fish Health Management Plan - Clearwater Trout Hatchery, Mar 2008 [Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC] - BCP1002019
#1469	Supporting Claims of Freedom from Disease [UN-FAO, website] - NonRT
#1470	Fish Health Case Details, Case 2010-1100, Feb 14 2011 [Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC] - BCP003564
#1471	Publicly Available PCR Test Results for ISAV in BC Farmed Salmon, 2003-2010 - NonRT
#1472	Jones et al, Early Development of Resistance to the Salmon Louse, in Juvenile Pink Salmon, 2008 [DFO-PBS, Journal of Fish Diseases]- NonRT
#1473	Jones & Hargreaves, Infection Threshold to Estimate Lepeophtheirus salmonis-associated Mortality Among Juvenile Pink Salmon, Apr 6 2009 - CAN181805
#1474	Johnson & Margolis, Efficacy of Ivermectin for Control of the Salmon Louse on Atlantic Salmon, 1993 - NonRT
#1475	Connors et al, Coho Salmon Productivity in Relation to Salmon Lice from Infected Prey and Salmon Farms, 2010 [Journal of Applied Ecology] - NonRT
#1476	Price et al, Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada's West Coast, Feb 2011 - NonRT
#1477	Traxler et al, Transmission of Infectious Hemaotpoeietic Necrosis Virus in Seawater, Aug 5 1993 [Diseases of Aquatic Organisms] - NonRT

Evidentiary Hearing
August 23, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Diseases

Witnesses

Diseases

Dr. Stewart Johnson (* Head, Aquatic Animal Health Section, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Michael Kent (* Professor, Microbiology & Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University)
Dr. Christine MacWilliams (* Fish health veterinarian, Aquatic Animal Health Section, Salmonid Enhancement Program, DFO)
Dr. Craig Stephen (* President, Centre for Coastal Health; professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary)

Exhibit List

#1478	Kent et al, Survey of Salmonid Pathogens in Ocean-Caught fishes in BC Canada - NonRT
#1479	FFSBC (Yesaki) to BC (Tyzuk), re Fish Health Case 2010-1100, May 25 2011 - NonRT
#1480	BC (Callan) to AQUA (McDade) re Fish Health Case 2010-1100 - NonRT
#1481	Price et al, Evidence of Farm-Induced Parasite Infestations on Wild Juvenile Salmon of Coastal BC - AQU000244
#1482	Rimstad et al, Examples of emerging virus diseases in salmonid aquaculture - AQU000297
#1483	Robertsen et al, Can we get the upper hand on viral diseases - AQU000298
#1484	Mennerat et al, Intensive Farming - Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens - AQU000301
#1485	Reno, Factors Involved in the Dissemination of Disease in Fish Populations - NonRT
#1486	Walker, Winton, Emerging viral diseases of fish and shrimp - NonRT
#1487	Ford, Myers, A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids - AQU000262
#1488	Kent, Dawe, Experimental Transmission of a Plasmacytoid Leukemia of Chinook Salmon, Sep 1 2011 - AQU000278
#1489	Newbound, Kent, Experimental interspecies transmission of plasmacytoid leukemia in salmonid fishes, May 8 2011 - AQU000299
#1490	Eaton, Kent, A Retrovirus in Chinook Salmon, Dec 1 1992 - AQU000275
#1491	Stephen et al, Descriptive Epidemiology of Marine Anemia in Seapen-Reared Salmon - AQU000271
#1492	Stephen, Ribble, The Effects of Changing Demographics on the Distribution of Marine Anemia in Farmed Salmon, Sep 1995 - NonRT
#1493	Eaton et al, Biochemical and Histologenic Evidence of Plasmacytoid Leukemia and Salmon Leukemia Virus, Jul 28 1994 - AQU000279
#1494	Kent, The Impact of Diseases of Pen-Reared Salmonids on Coastal Marine Environments - NonRT
#1495	St-Hilaire et al, Epidemiological Investigation of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus, 2002 - AQU000264
#1496	Saksida, Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Epidemic in Farmed Atlantic Salmon, Oct 27 2006 - CAN474758
#1497	2010 BC Salmon Farming Database [Excel] - BCS000289
#1498	2008 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000282
#1499	Program for Aquaculture Regulatory Research 2010-2011 - CAN181911
#1500	Email from K Miller-Saunders to C MacWilliams re Testing of Atlantic Salmon, Jul 29 2011 - NonRT
#1501	Email from K Miller-Saunders to S Johnson re Testing Atlantic Salmon for Parvovirus, Jul 29 2011 - NonRT
#1502	Vike, Nylund & Nylund - ISA Virus in Chile: Evidence of Vertical Transmission, Nov 26 2008 [Archives of Virology] - NonRT
#1503	2002 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000286
#1504	2003 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000287
#1505	2004 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000283
#1506	2005 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000284
#1507	2006 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000285
#1508	2007 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000281
#1509	2009 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - BCS000288

Evidentiary Hearing
August 24, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Theme

Diseases

Witnesses

Diseases

Dr. Kyle Garver (* Research scientist, Aquatic Animal Health, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Kristina Miller (* Head, Molecular Genetics Section, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems Division, DFO)

Exhibit List

#1510	Curriculum Vitae for Kristina Miller - NonRT
#1511	Curriculum Vitae for Kyle Garver - CAN473068
#1512	Hypothesis - Genomic Data Indicate a Potenially Novel Disease - CAN464339
#1513	Miller, Genomic Studies Suggest a Novel Disease Affecting Sockeye, Apr 15 2011 - CAN464336
#1514	Chen, Using a Pan-Viral Microarray Assay to Sceen Clinical Samples, [JoVE] - CAN473078
#1515	Email From Kyle Garver To Kristi Miller-Saunders, Oct 8 2009 - CAN473076
#1516	Epidemic of a Novel, Cancer-Causing Viral Disease - CAN473077
#1517	Miller, Timeline of Genomic Research relating to the Mortality-related Genomic Signature With Projections Through May 2011 - NonRT
#1518	Garver, Hypothesis - Diseases in Freshwater and Marine Systems - CAN473075
#1519	Garver et al, Microarray-based Detection of Fish Viruses - CAN481867
#1520	Miller et al, 2007 Versus 2008 Genomics Contrast Study - CAN464337
#1521	Miller, Hypothesis - Genomic Studies Suggest That Some Disease has Infected Sockeye - CAN464338
#1522	Miller, Timeline of Genomic Research relating to the Mortality-related Genomic Signature With Projections Through July 2011 - NonRT
#1523	Miller, Epidemic of a Novel, Cancer-causing Viral Disease, Oct 7 2009 - CAN006145
#1524	Miller, Epidemic of a Novel, Cancer Causing Viral Disease, Sep 27 2009 - DFO598981

Evidentiary Hearing
August 25, 2011

Address:

Room 801, Federal Courthouse,
701 West Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC

Morning Session: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Session: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript

Themes

Aquaculture
Diseases

Witnesses

Diseases

Dr. Kyle Garver (* Research scientist, Aquatic Animal Health, Pacific Biological Station, DFO)
Dr. Kristina Miller (* Head, Molecular Genetics Section, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems Division, DFO)

Aquaculture

Dr. Brendan Connors (* Postdoctoral fellow, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University)
Dr. Lawrence Dill (* Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University)
Dr. Josh Korman (* Fish ecologist, Ecometric Research Inc.)
Dr. Don Noakes (* Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Thompson Rivers University)

Exhibit List

#1525	Email From K Miller-Saunders To M Saunders, Oct 5 2009 - CAN088642
#1526	Email From J Stewart To K Garver Mar 14 2011 - CAN491470
#1527	Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program (ACRDP) - DFO550188
#1528	Email From K Miller-Saunders To K Garver, Nov 12 2008 - CAN489959
#1529	Risks of IHNV dispersion associated with aquaculture - CAN489737
#1530	Discovery Islands Modelling Progress Report - CAN490044
#1531	Indications of a Possibility of Infectious Diseases Associated With Poor Survival of Southern BC Salmon Stocks - DFO598977
#1532	Email From K Miller Saunders, To G Marty, Final unbinded FR sockeye histopathology results, Jun 27 2011 - DFO598952
#1533	Email From L Richards to K Miller-Saunders, Media requests - science paper - DFO590226
#1534	Curriculum Vitae of Josh Korman - NonRT
#1535	Curriculum Vitae of Donald Noakes - NonRT
#1536	Cohen Commission Technical Report 5C - Noakes, Impacts of Salmon Farms on FRSS: Results of the Noakes Investigation, June 2011 - NonRT
#1537	Corrections to Exh 1536 (Technical Report 5C), Email from D Noakes to Commission Staff, Aug 17 2011 - NonRT
#1538	Noakes, Response to B Connors, Aug 10 2011 - NonRT
#1539	Curriculum Vitae of Lawrence Dill (abbreviated) - NonRT
#1540	Cohen Commission Technical Report 5D - Dill, Impacts of Salmon Farms on FRSS: Results of the Dill Investigation, June 2011 - NonRT
#1541	Curriculum Vitae of Brendan Connors - NonRT
#1542	Connors, Response to Noakes' Criticisms of Connor's Statistical Analysis, Jul 27 2011 - NonRT


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