wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Paragraph 9 (a). Canada’s application of An Allocation Policy for Pacific Salmon (October, 1999) to give the recreational fishery priority in the allocation of Chinook and Coho salmon over the Proceeding Plaintiffs’ aboriginal rights
In the near term, DFO proposes to address the unjustified infringement at paragraph 9(a) of the Order in a variety of ways: by not applying the recreational priority for Chinook and Coho in the Salmon Allocation Policy to the Five Nations’ right-based fishery.
For Chinook, DFO will change the way it allocates the Five Nations’ share, by providing this as a share of the Canadian Total Allowable Catch (CTAC) (i.e., after FSC and First Nations Treaty Allocations) so that their share is determined ahead of the recreational and regular commercial fisheries shares. Accordingly the Five Nations allocation will not be impacted by allocation provided to the recreational and regular commercial fisheries.
For Coho, as there is no TAC to provide a share, DFO will provide the Five Nations with a fixed allocation with priority over the recreational fishery. This allocation will not be varied unless there is a conservation concern.
In the longer term, DFO is conducting a broader review of the entire Salmon Allocation Policy to reconsider how allocations are assigned between all Aboriginal rights holders and stakeholders. In the conduct of this review, DFO will also address the court’s general direction on the Five Nations’ priority in allocation over the recreational fishery in that policy.
