The AVICC Executive may appoint representatives to external groups. Currently there are representatives appointed to the following:
Department of Fisheries & Oceans: Southern Resident Killer Whale Indigenous & Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group
Appointee: Director Vanessa Craig, Regional District of Nanaimo.
2020 January updates:
Department of Fisheries & Oceans: Aquaculture Management Advisory Committee (AMAC) for Shellfish
Appointee: Director Daniel Arbour, Comox Valley Regional District
Next meeting – TBC
Department of Fisheries & Oceans: 2019 Aquaculture Sustainability
In June 2019 the DFO announced a number of initiatives to enhance aquaculture sustainability in Canada, including the establishment of three Technical Working Groups and a coordinating Indigenous and Multi-Stakeholder Body. UBCM and AVICC were offered the opportunity to have representatives on these groups.
The engagement process was completed in the summer of 2020, and a summary of the engagement process and the Technical Working Group reports will be posted on Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s website. A formal response to the recommendations that were provided via the process are expected the end of 2020.
Indigenous and Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Body – Josie Osborne, District of Tofino
Technical Working Groups:
- Area Based Management – Daniel Arbour, Comox Valley RD
- Aquaculture Production Technologies – no appointee
- Fish Health – no appointee
2020 March updates: