Integration and collaboration
We cannot do this alone. Engaging with partners and stakeholders is essential if we are to stem declines in Pacific salmon.
The Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative (PSSI) responds to years of engagement with First Nations and stakeholders on salmon policy work, regulatory change processes, and other salmon activities. Moving forward, we are committed to continuing to develop and strengthen our relationships with experts in Pacific salmon such as First Nations and Indigenous organizations, provincial and territorial governments, harvesters, stewardship organizations, academia and environmentalists. By working together, we can achieve better outcomes for Pacific salmon, salmon habitat, and ecosystems.
Under this pillar, we are:
- aligning our data integration, work planning and engagement to support our priority of conserving Pacific salmon
- improving transparency so our partners better understand how engagement informs our decisions
- collaborating more effectively with partners to achieve shared goals
We are investing in many projects that support Pacific salmon. As projects and engagements grow in number and complexity, there is a need for improved collaboration. By working transparently with partners to achieve shared goals, better aligning our internal processes and standardizing the ways we manage projects, we are better supporting Pacific salmon stocks.
On June 21, 2024, we signed the Trilateral Accord to Address the Decline of Wild Pacific Salmon with leadership from the First Nations Fisheries Council of BC and the Province of British Columbia. The Trilateral Salmon Accord formalizes a commitment amongst the parties to work together, and establishes a collaborative process to align and coordinate work on shared wild Pacific salmon recovery priorities.
This provincial-scale collaborative process represents a transformative step that will help the signing partners take swift and decisive collective action to protect and conserve wild Pacific salmon while also developing and implementing comprehensive strategies for long-term, transformative collaboration, that will serve as a cornerstone for establishing a lasting trilateral relationship to restore Pacific salmon.
As PSSI implementation progresses, existing salmon advisory processes that consist of First Nation, key stakeholders, environmental non-governmental groups, and academia in BC continue to serve as key venues to seek advice from various individuals and groups with mix of experience, skills, and knowledge on salmon conservation and restoration. This has been instrumental in guiding Pacific Salmon Strategy implementation to date.
In the Yukon, we continue to engage and seek advice through the current treaty-based processes and have provided funding to the Yukon Salmon Sub Committee and the Yukon First Nation Salmon Stewardship Alliance to enhance engagement and participation in collaborative salmon ecosystem and planning processes supporting salmon rebuilding in the Yukon.
New methods of engagement
We have implemented engagement and consultation mechanisms such as the platform. Let's Talk Pacific Salmon platform.
The Let's Talk Pacific Salmon platform allows people and organizations to share their views on our strategies and programs related to Pacific salmon and to provide us with direct feedback to help us plan the implementation of the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative. The accessible online platform enables interactive and dynamic feedback from participants.
Our engagement approaches will help foster strong partnerships and collaboration in implementing not just the PSSI but broader salmon activities as a key part of realizing better outcomes for Pacific salmon, salmon habitat, and salmon ecosystems.
Related links
- PSSI featured stories
- Trilateral accord to address the decline of wild Pacific salmon
- Habitat restoration – Knowledge exchange workshops
- Pacific Salmon Foundation’s 2024 BC Salmon Recovery Conference
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