BC Supreme Court Suggested 75 Steps To Restore Fraser Sockeye Runs; DFO Acted On Nearly Zero

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In written replies earlier this month, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq states most of the Cohen recommendations “are directed solely” at the department of Fisheries and Oceans and only 10 were aimed at her ministry. Of those, seven were accepted and three, dealing with marine spills and pollution monitoring responsibilities, were rejected.

Fisheries Minister Gail Shea also states in writing that DFO “has and will continue to implement Cohen recommendations as part of our day-to-day operations.” But she gives only one example of a recommendation (related to restrictions on salmon-farm expansion) that has been followed. She does list four “new investments,” which “highlight support for Cohen recommendations,” but none of those programs, such as $54-million promised over five years for aquaculture sustainability, were requested in the Cohen report.

Mr. MacAulay, vice-chair of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, said “Mr. Cohen is probably the most knowledgeable person in Canada” on B.C.’s sockeye problem, and he is perplexed by the government’s failure to follow his advice.

“It’s impossible for me to understand why a government would put a Cohen Commission together, spend that amount of money and then not adhere to anything they had to say, and not even have the man come before the fisheries committee,” said Mr. MacAulay. “It would look to me like they do not want to hear what he has to say.”

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/ministers-say-salmon-not-being-restored-in-fraser-river/article18789252/