Hornby LTC Regular Meeting Agenda

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Hornby Island Local Trust Committee
Regular Meeting Addendum
 
 
Date:May 5, 2017
Time:10:30 am
Location:New Horizons
1765 Sollans Road, Hornby Island, BC
Pages
7.BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
7.2Herring Fishery Advocacy - for discussion2 - 3
10.APPLICATIONS AND REFERRALS12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
10.1HO-OTH-2016.1 (Telus) - Staff Report4 - 43
11.LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE PROJECTS12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
11.1Relationship Building with K'omoks First Nation - Staff Report
11.1.1Conservancy Hornby Island (CHI) report - for information44 - 44
11.2Community Housing Amendments - Island Secure Land Association (ISLA)
Community Housing Project - verbal update
13.NEW BUSINESS1:50 PM - 2:05 PM
13.2Crown Land - discussion
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Hornby Island Local Trust Committee Regular Business Meeting – May 5, 2017 
 
Item: 7.2 - Herring Fishery Advocacy   
 
Draft motion: 
 
"That the Hornby Island Local Trust Committee requests the Chair or the Executive 
Committee to write to the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and 
Canadian Coastguard, to propose a thorough review of the Herring Roe fishery in the Salish 
Sea (Strait of Georgia).” 
 
Background: 
 
The waters surrounding Hornby and Denman Islands are where the largest herring spawn on 
the west coast of North America occurs every year. This is an iconic ecological, cultural and 
social event. The spawning herring are subject to a significant fishery for roe (although only a 
small fragment of the catch is now actually marketed as roe). Part of the fishery takes place 
within the marine component of Helliwell Provincial Park which is managed as a marine 
protected area. 
 
Proposal: 
 
The Herring Roe Fishery in the Salish Sea should be subject to a thorough review: 
 
a) conducted in the context of the following priority stated in the Prime Minister's Mandate 
Letter: 
"Use scientific evidence and the precautionary principle, and take into account climate 
change, when making decisions affecting fish stocks and ecosystem management." 
 
b) with full recognition of the vital role herring plays in the ecology of the Salish Sea, including 
as a food source for iconic and vulnerable species, 
 
c) to ensure the highest and best use of this resource (given that only about 10% of the catch 
in the roe fishery is actually used for roe) with respect to the full spectrum of ecological, 
cultural, and economic  values,  
 
d) to include First Nations as full partners in the management of herring fisheries,  
 
e) to establish harvest refugia for herring within the marine component of Helliwell Provincial 
Park (described as being managed as a marine protected area on the BC Parks' website), and 
 
f) to consult with the public, especially local communities, in planning the management of 
herring in the Salish Sea. 
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 Hornby Island Official Community Plan - relevant policies: 
 
3.6.3 The Provincial and Federal governments are requested to develop existing and new 
programs, such as harvest refugia, w

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