The First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia (FNFC) is pleased to invite you to attend our Fall Assembly, which will be held on November 4^th and 5^th at the Delta Hotels Grand Okanagan Resort. Please keep these dates in mind as you make your plans for the remainder of 2024.

Good Morning,

This is an invitation for the weekly in-season Chum Working Group calls.

Please join using the Microsoft Teams link below – we will continue to use the same link each week. These meetings will always occur on Thursday mornings from 10:00 am – 11:30 am.

Please let me know if you would like to be removed from, or have someone added to, this distribution. Note that declining this invitation does not remove you from the distribution list.

Standing Agenda:

  * Review of WCVI returns and fishing plans
  * Review of Johnstone Strait test-fishing data and fishing plans
  * Review of terminal ECVI returns and fishing plans
  * Review of Fraser Chum returns and fishing plans

Schedule of Meetings:

  * Thursday, September 26, 2024 @ 10:00 am
  * Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 10:00 am
  * Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am
  * Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 10:00 am
  * Thursday, October 24, 2024 @ 10:00 am
  * Thursday, October 31, 2024 @ 10:00 am
  * Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ 10:00 am

Thank you,

Heather Braun
(She/her | elle/la)

Quota Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Government of Canada
heather.braun@dfo-mpo.gc.ca / Tel 250-240-0713
Agent des quotas, Région de la côte sud
Péches et Océans Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
heather.braun@dfo-mpo.gc.ca / Tél 250-240-0713
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DFO has scheduled the Annual Crab by Trap Multi-Sectoral Meeting for November 7, 2024. The meeting will be a hybrid meeting at the Grand Hotel in Nanaimo and virtually via MS Teams. If you are interested in attending, please contact DFO to receive the calendar invite and additional details.

Brittany Myhal

A/Regional Crab Manager

Fisheries Management Branch - Pacific Region

Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada

Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada

Brittany.Myhal@dfo-mpo.gc.ca | 250-739-9217

The FSMB JTC meets on the second & forth Wednesday of each month.

From DFO:

Subject: Shrimp Trawl Fishery Sectoral Meeting – November 18, 2024
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) would like to announce that the annual Shrimp Trawl
Fishery Sectoral Committee meeting is scheduled for November 18, 2024. The sectoral committee meeting provides a forum for the exchange of information and advice on the development of the annual Shrimp Trawl Fishery Management Plan (IFMP), and the exchange of
views on issues important to the management of the fishery. The sectoral committee is intended to allow DFO to receive a broad range of advice from First Nations and stakeholders interested in the fishery. The meeting will be held in-person in Nanaimo. DFO is also planning to arrange a virtual on-line meeting option using MSTEAMS for those unable to join in-person.
You are invited to participate in the sectoral meeting on November 18, 2024 and provide comments to the Department regarding the draft Shrimp by Trawl IFMP for 2025/26. For more

information about the fishery please refer to the current 2024/25 IFMP found at: https://waves-
vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/41230395.pdf

If you would like to participate in the sectoral meeting please email  guy.parker@dfo-mpo.gc.ca to request a copy of the draft agenda and more details regarding the meeting
arrangements. I

f you have any questions about the fishery please feel free to email Guy or contact Hong Tjhie, Lower Fraser Area Resource Manager at Jeffrey.reader@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or
Amanda Beckett, North Coast Shellfish Manager at Amanda.beckett@dfo-mpo.gc.ca for
additional information.

The Pacific Salmon Foundation is pleased to host the inaugural BC Salmon Recovery & Resilience Conference, where 500 leaders from the salmon community will convene from December 3rd and 4th of 2024 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, West.

With half of wild salmon populations in decline and a growing network of salmon experts working to find solutions, now is the time to gather, share, learn and connect to advance our shared priorities for resilient salmon populations for generations to come.

Salmon recovery is possible where there’s coordinated planning, backed by science and data and a community of experts working together with a co-managed system to support them.

Through inspiring keynote speakers and breakout panel sessions featuring diverse salmon leaders, the conference will offer a platform to connect, share knowledge, and encourage collaborative thought leadership on salmon recovery and resilience.

Registration launching soon. Please watch your inbox for details!

The FSMB JTC meets on the second & forth Wednesday of each month.

Review of the 2024/2025 Fishing Season

Contact: DFO.PacificSalmonRMT-EGRSaumonduPacifique.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Member Delegates, Main Table Directors, FSMC Staff or JTC/FSMB Representatives are requested to attend and participate in the Fraser Salmon Management Council (FSMC) Annual General Assembly, which is set for Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at the Sandman Signature Vancouver Airport Hotel & Resort. Light morning refreshments and lunch will be provided. Please email, Kristin, at administration@frasersalmon.ca . Doors will open at 8:00am.

The FSMB JTC meets on the second & forth Wednesday of each month.

Presentations on preliminary stock assessment information on 2025 returns and scientific information on
the state of salmon.


Contact: DFO.PacificSalmonRMT-EGRSaumonduPacifique.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Good afternoon everyone

Please note that this meeting is now scheduled for Monday, January 20th . The place will still be on the island and I will have more details soon.

Thanks,
Kristin Hrapchak
FSMC EA/Comms Coordinator

IMAT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81325080706?pwd=mlJyykT3YSyEHSS4dkVn0dVnqfROaW.1

Meeting ID: 813 2508 0706
Passcode: 708526

Planned Agenda Topics include:

1. 2024 Post Season Salmon Review– Matt Clarke, Karalea Filipovic, DFO South Coast StockAssessment

2. Pacific Salmon Commission Chinook Tech Committee (CTC) Updates –Laura Tessier, DFO & PSC CTC Co-Chair

3. CreelIn-season Bulletins – Aswea Porter & Matt Clarke,DFO

4. PacificSalmon Explorer, State of the Salmon Report & PSF/IMAWG collaborative VISalmon Monitoring Tool – Eric Hertz, PacificSalmon Foundation

5. IMAWG/DFOcollaboration: Rapid Status Algorithm Workshop Series ECVI – Sue Grant, DFO Science & Nicole Frederickson, IMAWG

The Agenda will be finalized and circulated in early January 2025.

Salmon IMAT Technical meeting: 2024 Post Season review

Agenda and meeting details to be provided closer to the meeting date.

The FSMB JTC meets on the second & forth Wednesday of each month.

The 4^th Annual Indigenous Climate Resilience Forum will be taking place virtually from February 18-20, 2025. Hosted by the B.C. Climate Action Secretariat in collaboration with the Indigenous Climate Adaptation Working Group, this year’s Forum will build upon the success of the first three Forums.

For details visit: https://mahihkan.ca/ICRF/

Pacific Salmon Foundation Kelp Restoration Symposium. The event will be held in Victoria, BC and will take place February 24-26, 2025. This will be an in-person event and we are not currently offering a remote attendance option.

2025 Pre-Season salmon meeting
Agenda and meeting materials to be distributed closer to the meeting date.

Save the date: The annual Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) State of the Pacific Ocean (SOPO) meeting will be convened, live, in Sidney, March 5-6, 2025. The meeting will be a hybrid event such that online attendance and participation is possible. More information to follow.

Hosted by DFO since 1999, the annual State of the Pacific Ocean meeting provides an important opportunity for the marine science community to learn about and discuss the results of the most recent year’s monitoring off Canada’s west coast. 

You are receiving this invitation as you, or colleagues from your community and/or associated Indigenous organizations, may be interested in discussing the most recent observations and expected future conditions of the Pacific’s oceanographic and biological conditions, marine heat waves, unusual events, and marine species and ecosystems.

If you are interested in attending this year’s SOPO meeting, or if you would like to propose a presentation to this year’s or next year’s event, please let us know by responding to StateOfThePacificOcean@gmail.com. 

The meeting agenda is being assembled and will consist of 10 minute talks with time for questions.

The 2024 SOPO report is published and available at: waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/41260879.pdf

The First Nations Fisheries Council of BC (FNFC) would like to invite you to a two-day, in-person Fish and Fish Habitat Knowledge Sharing Forum for Tier 1 (First Nations only) participants from across BC. This session will be held in-person (location TBC) from Tuesday, February 25th – Wednesday, February 26th, 2025. While the idea for this forum arose from previous engagement on DFO's Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP), the topics for the forum are not yet set. Broadly speaking, we are hoping that this forum can provide a space for Tier 1 participants (and potentially others) to collaborate, share resources, and discuss topics of interest related to fish and fish habitat.

Registration is required for this event. To reserve your spot, please register through Eventbrite here.

During FNFC's previous engagement sessions, participants have stated that they would like to be included in the planning and development of events. As such, we are asking our Tier 1 contacts to complete this survey to identify what formats and topics participants would like to see at this event. The survey will remain open until December 2nd at 4:00 PM PST.

We will be randomly selecting one individual from the survey responses to receive a $50 Gift Card.

Any questions regarding this event or survey can be directed to Lauren at lauren@fnfisheriescouncil.ca.

The FSMB JTC meets on the second & forth Wednesday of each month.

The Washington-BC Chapter of AFS is extending its call for symposia and workshop submissions for our 2025 chapter conference taking place March 10 to 13, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The theme for this meeting is "Beyond Borders: Connecting Communities, People and Fish" 

Agenda Coming Soon!

Contact: IMAWG at myclan@telus.net for more information