Wild Salmon Advisory Council sets two community engagements for North Coast/HaidaGwaii

The Prince Rupert Civic Centre will be a host venue for a
public engagement session with the Wild Salmon Council, with the
review body set to hear from the public on December 17th

The province's Wild Salmon Advisory council is about to take to the road to hear the concerns of the public with a number of public information sessions planned through this month, all part of the development of a made-in-BC wild salmon strategy.

The Council which includes UFAWU-Unifor leader and former Prince Rupert City Councillor Joy Thorkelson recently released an Options report in mid October, raising a number of flags of concern related to the state of wild salmon in the province.

So far five communities have been selected to host the meetings, with Prince Rupert, Skidegate, Campbell River, Port Alberni and Richmond making for the debut of the engagement opportunities, more community meetings and confirmed locations are expected to be released in the weeks to come.

Haida Gwaii residents will get the first opportunity from the region to address the Council, with a session set for Tuesday, December 11th, taking place from 6 to 8 PM at the Haida Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay in Skidegate.

For the North Coast the engagement session will take place on Monday, December 17th from 6 to 8 PM at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre, with the gathering taking place in the Eagle Room of the facility.

The government outlined the nature of their plans last month, noting that those that can't attend the engagement sessions in person, will have the option of to provide their input through the online public engagement site.

You can contribute to the discussion through this contact page from the B.C. Wild Salmon Strategy page.

The online feedback page can be accessed here, the deadline for submissions is December 28th.

For more items of interest related to the British Columbia see our archive page here, a wider overview of Fishery issues on the BC coast can be reviewed from our Fishery Archive.