Vancouver Island Salmon Committee

VISC aims to develop strategies for rebuilding southern BC stocks, addressing gaps in understanding and improving stock status.

VANCOUVER ISLAND SALMON COMMITTEE
(VISC)

The Vancouver Island Salmon Committee (VISC) aims to develop strategies for rebuilding southern BC stocks, addressing gaps in understanding and improving stock status. This includes Tier One work to inform broader salmon engagement efforts like the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative.

Supported by a technical working group, VISC collates data, supports rebuilding plans, and gathers Indigenous knowledge to aid Vancouver Island and Mainland Inlet Nations in protecting and rebuilding salmon stocks. A team technical lead, contracted by the program’s administrator, the Island Marine Aquatic Working Group (IMAWG), oversees these efforts.

CONTACT VISC

Sonora Morin-Thompson,
Executive Director

VISC REPORTS

First Nations-led Approach to Salmon Rebuilding

This document was prepared for the First Nations of the Vancouver Island Salmon Committee and presents an approach for rebuilding sustainable Pacific salmon populations and their freshwater and estuarine habitats.

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A-Tlegay Member Nations Mainland Inlet Territory Escapement Report

Pacific salmon are foundational to the practices of Indigenous peoples throughout the Pacific coastal region of BC and maintaining these important salmon populations is crucial for the continued health of the ecosystems that support them and for A-Tlegay Member Nations culture and well-being.

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Cowichan Assessment Unit Report Card

The Cowichan Assessment Unit has been impacted by increasing threats from climate and associated hydrological changes, forestry, agriculture, water withdrawals and development. As a result, the streams were identified as a priority to understand the current health of the stocks and identify threats that may affect the multiple salmon species in the region.

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DATA SOURCES

As part of the Vancouver Island Salmon Committee project work, two gap analysis reports were prepared by LGL Limited (www.lgl.com).

A-Tlegay Member Nations Mainland Inlet Territory Escapement Report and Cowichan Assessment Unit Report card. The sections below outline the publicly available data sources that were used to create the reports.