Cannery Closure - adjacency through fleet separation and owner operator -

Problem: Shore jobs are leaving B.C.

Solutions:

• Adjacency legislation

• Community involvment in: (be part of) Community Regional Salmon Development, Groundfish Development Authority, Community Licence/Quota Banks etc

• Linkage of communities with advisory boards (eg Alaska Board of Fish)

• Communities be invited to participate in every advisory process

• Province buy high Omega 3 fish to use in hospitals, schools, food banks etc all locally processed(example: Aka)

• Community freezers should be built to encourage local processing and sales of frozen value added product

• Tax incentives and dis-incentives should be used by the Province to encourage local value added processing