Salmon Enhancement Habitat Advisory Board
November 7-8, 2009
Holiday Inn, North Vancouver
SATURDAY
I Attending
A Members attending - Jack Minard, Lynne Broekhuizen, Dave Smith, Tracy Bond, Léandre Vigneault, Joanne Day, Dianne Ramage, Gord Wadley, Lee Hesketh, Terry Tebb, ZoAnn Morten, Eric Carlisle, Jeff Jung, Don Lowen
B Introduce Paddy Hirshfield, Ministry of Environment
C Members not attending –
D Regrets – Ev Person, Jan Lemon
E Guest - Carol Cross, Fisheries and Oceans
II Reports, Presentations and Roundtables (See attached)
A 0830 – 0930 Reports
1 Executive Report
2 Finance Committee
3 Communication Report
4 Membership Report
5 Ad hoc Committees (Jack)
(a) Steelhead - Eric, Ev, Jack
(b) WSP Committee - Jack, Don, Dianne, ZoAnn and Lynne
(c) Community Involvement Review Committee Update
6 0930 – 1000 Departmental Report – Jeff Jung LINK TO REPORT - needed
1000 – 1015 Break
7 1015 – 1030 Introduction of Ministry of Environment Representative – Paddy Hirshfield
8 1030 – 1130 Pink Salmon Net Pens – Draft Technical Guidelines (Carol Cross) SEHAB feedback
9 1130 – 1200 Other Reports
(a) Minister’s Shea’s Visit to Howard English Hatchery (July/09)
(i) Key Messages to Minister
(ii) StreamTalk Article
(b) SEHAB Input to Minister’s Fraser Sockeye Roundtable (September/09)
1200 – 1300 Lunch
B 1300 – 1400 Communication Project Update, Part I (Tracy Bond, Pat Morten)
- Completed a priority setting exercise for website
1400 – 1415 Break
C 1415 – 1515 Communication Project Update, Part II (Tracy Bond, Pat Morten)
Completed priority setting exercise for website
Reviewed bookmarks that board members can hand out to contacts that provide the SEHAB website (ZoAnn Morten)
Discussed the Communication Visual to review communication flow of community volunteers, board, D.F.O. and other agencies. (Dianne Ramage)
III 1515 – 1600 Review Action Items of Last Meeting
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EVENING – 6 PM Supper at MarinaSide Grill, 1653 Columbia Street, North Vancouver to honour George Farrel and Lynne Broekhuizen.
SUNDAY
I 0830 - 1130 Business (Include Break)
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II Identify/Review action items for next meeting
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III 1145 - 1200 Planning
Minutes from this meeting to be ratified by December 4/09
Date of next meeting – January 22, 2010
Invitation to build agenda on – December 22, 2010
Draft agenda due on – January 15, 2010
Participants in Monday meeting at RHQ. Tracy?
Adjourned at
IV1200 – 1230 Process claims
MONDAY 0900 – 1030
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA
SALMON ENHANCEMENT AND HABITAT ADVISORY BOARD
Regional Headquarters, Vancouver (Boardroom E, Second Floor)
Note – Minutes to be ratified by participants, then linked to these minutes
Attending
SEHAB - Dave Smith, Lower Fraser East
Dianne Ramage, Lower Fraser West
Don Lowen, South Vancouver Island
DFO RHQ - Rebecca Reid (Director) Oceans, Habitat and Enhancement
Greg Savard (Manager) Salmonid Enhancement Program
Jeff Jung (Manager) Stewardship and Community Involvement
Agenda
1.Review June 15/09 action item, closing the loop.
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1. Dave Smith, Lower Fraser East (Maurice Coulter-Boisvert, CA) – Water Use Issues and the Alouette River
2. Strategy toward fulfilling mandate to volunteer stewards and Department
a. Update at RHQ Monday meeting
b. Letter to Jeff Jung including Board decision and reasons
c. Letter to CA’s inviting nominations
d. Develop discussion package on increasing membership/membership effectiveness for winter workshop. Ideas include:
i. Goal of representation in all CA areas.
ii. Line item for Monday meeting.
iii. Budget for travel within CA areas
iv. Increase in Committee work between meetings, more focus on Committee work input at Board meetings.
e. Re-Assess meeting activities/priorities at winter workshop.
3. Request participation of Ian Matheson, Bruce Reid and Randy Nelson in winter Friday Forum on AG’s report on Department’s record in habitat protection.
4. Web exercise illustrating importance of SEHAB accountability.
5. Clarify policy re SEHAB members being transported in DFO vehicles (Toward increased capacity to interact with stewards)
6. Have SEP staff been seconded to judicial inquiry?
7. SEP revitalization (Greg Savard)
8. Economic Action Plan funds (Greg Savard)
9. Action items from this meeting.