Habitat issues / Predator control

Problem: enforcement of habitat regulations and predator threat control need to occur

Solutions:

• Habitat restoration (fisheries / forestry renewal)

• Community education on value of commercial industry in protecting habitat –

• Building community / government support using the idea that wild salmon protection is important to communities – we need to talk about the positive benefits of shoreworkers and fishermen to social and economic wellbeing of our communities

• Habitat protection and enforcement of regulations –

• Pesticide spraying

• Estuary protection

• Predator control – seals / sea lions

• Starting to get biological agreement that choices have to be made – to control predators so that seals/s-lions remain as predators but people are also included as predators.

• Transient killer whales train chinook orcas to eat seals

• Fish farm control/elimination

• DFO needs to inspect Large Projects for habitat infractions

• DFO needs more habitat (conservation) officers

• DFO needs to enforce sports – also need to develop a proper sports fishing survey in every area heavily fished - sports fleet has poorest data

• Undercover operations to identify if the creel surveys are accurate

• Send people home out of fishery for the day for infractions