Fraser River Sockeye Salmon: Past Declines. Future Sustainability?

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Interim Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River (Cohen Commission)


	Format	Softcover with CD-ROM
	Catalogue No.	CP32-93/1-2010E
	Pages	302
	Language	English; Aussi disponible en français
	Price	$49.95

Issued by the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.
Published by Canadian Government Publishing, 2010.

Description:

On October 29, 2010, the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River released its interim report titled Fraser River Sockeye Salmon: Past Declines. Future Sustainability?. Justice Bruce Cohen's interim report presents his preliminary views on, and assessment of, any previous examinations, investigations or reports that he deemed relevant to the inquiry and the federal government's responses to those examinations, investigations and reports.

The interim report states that it is too early to tell whether the high production of Fraser River sockeye in 2010 will be sustained into the future, but it is clear that the variability from 2009 to 2010 has important implications for the commission's work. "My mandate to make findings of fact regarding the causes for the decline of Fraser sockeye and to develop recommendations for improving the future sustainability of the fishery still remains, but that decline must now be understood and evaluated in the context of an unprecedented rebound in 2010," wrote the Commissioner.

About the Commission:

On November 5, 2009, the Governor in Council issued an Order in Council setting out the Terms of Reference for the Cohen Commission, formally named the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. The Honourable Bruce Cohen, a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, has been appointed Commissioner under Part 1 of the Inquiries Act.

The inquiry will be conducted in two phases. During the first phase, the Commissioner will review and assess any previous examinations, investigations or reports that he deems relevant to the inquiry and the Government's responses to those examinations, investigations and reports.

Phase two will investigate and make independent findings of fact regarding:

the causes for the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon including, but not limited to, the impact of environmental changes along the Fraser River, marine environmental conditions, aquaculture, predators, diseases, water temperature and other factors that may have affected the ability of sockeye salmon to reach traditional spawning grounds or reach the ocean, and
the current state of Fraser River sockeye salmon stocks and the long term projections for those stocks, and
to develop recommendations for improving the future sustainability of the sockeye salmon fishery in the Fraser River including, as required, any changes to the policies, practices and procedures of the Department (of Fisheries and Oceans) in relation to the management of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery.

Brian Wallace, Q.C. is the Commission's Senior Counsel, Keith Hamilton, Q.C. is the Commission's Policy Counsel and Wendy Baker, Q.C. Brock Martland and Patrick McGowan are Associate Commission Counsel. Jennifer Chan, Kathy Grant, Maia Tsurumi and Lara Tessaro have been appointed as Junior Commission Counsel.

The final report is expected in 2011.

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