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2011 Consultations Calendar

JANUARY 2011

		Meetings
Monday	3
Thursday	6	Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee (GTAC) meeting, Vancouver
Friday	7	Pacific Regional Harbour Authority Advisory Committee (PRHAAC) Teleconference
Monday	10	Pacific Salmon Commission - Post Season Meeting, Vancouver
Tuesday	11	Pacific Salmon Commission - Post Season Meeting, Vancouver
Wednesday	12	Pacific Salmon Commission - Post Season Meeting, Vancouver
Thursday	13	Pacific Salmon Commission - Post Season Meeting, Vancouver
Friday	14	Pacific Salmon Commission - Post Season Meeting, Vancouver
Tuesday	18	South Coast CSAB - post season review, Richmond Workshop for the Salish Sucker recovery strategy and development of the Nooksack dace/Salish Sucker action plan, The Coast Chilliwack Hotel 45920 First Ave, Chilliwack, 9 am - 5 pm
Wednesday	19	South Coast IHPC - post season review, Richmond Harbour Authority Association of BC Conference, Nanaimo
Thursday	20	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan South Coast IHPC - post season review, Richmond Harbour Authority Association of BC Conference, Nanaimo Workshop for the Salish Sucker recovery strategy and development of the Nooksack dace/Salish Sucker action plan, Executive Hotel Harrison Hot Springs 1900 Lillooet Avenue, Harrison Hot Springs, 9am - 5pm
Friday	21	Harbour Authority Association of BC Conference, Nanaimo
Saturday	22	Harbour Authority Association of BC Conference, Nanaimo
Monday	24	Aquaculture - First Nations, Richmond
Tuesday	25	Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon, Richmond
Wednesday	26	Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon, Richmond
Friday	28	Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB)
Saturday	29	Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB)
Sunday	30	Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB)
Monday	31	Workshop for the Salish Sucker recovery strategy and development of the Nooksack dace/Salish Sucker action plan (note this workshop will focus primarily on Nooksack Dace in the Brunette Watershed), Executive Hotel and Conference Centre 4201 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, 9am - 5 pm Economic Access Working Group Workshop, PICFI, Richmond

FEBRUARY 2011

		Meetings
Tuesday	1	Economic Access Working Group Workshop, PICFI, Richmond
Wednesday	2	Tuna Advisory Board pre-season planning - Location TBA PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at Tuna Advisory Board, Coast Bastion, Nanaimo Workshop for the Salish Sucker recovery strategy and development of the Nooksack dace/Salish Sucker action plan, Langley Banquet Centre 3227 - 264th St Aldergrove, 9am - 5pm Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Thursday	3	Tuna Advisory Board pre-season planning - Location TBA Workshop for the Salish Sucker recovery strategy and development of the Nooksack dace/Salish Sucker action plan, Langley Banquet Centre 3227 - 264th St Aldergrove, 9am - 5pm Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Saturday	5	Main Board Sport Fish Advisory Board (SFAB) meeting, Richmond PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at Sport Fishing Advisory Board, Richmond
Sunday	6	Main Board Sport Fish Advisory Board (SFAB) meeting, Richmond PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at Sport Fishing Advisory Board, Richmond
Monday	7	Aquaculture - First Nations, Port Alberni
Tuesday	8	First Nation "Roadmap"- building a Fraser River Salmon Co-Management Process/Structure, Richmond Aquaculture - First Nations, Alert Bay
Wednesday	9	First Nation "Roadmap"- building a Fraser River Salmon Co-Management Process/Structure, Richmond
Thursday	10	Aquaculture - First Nations, Bella Bella
Monday	14	Pacific Salmon Commission, Annual Meeting, Portland
Tuesday	15	Pacific Salmon Commission, Annual Meeting, Portland Aquaculture - First Nations, Prince Rupert First Nations Sardine Workshop, Nanaimo PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at Sardine Integrated Advisory Board Meeting, Nanaimo
Wednesday	16	Pacific Salmon Commission, Annual Meeting, Portland Aquaculture - First Nations, Kamloops Sardine Integrated Advisory Board Meeting, Nanaimo
Thursday	17	Pacific Salmon Commission, Annual Meeting, Portland Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Sardine Integrated Advisory Board Meeting, Nanaimo PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at South Coast First Nations/Island Marine Aquatic Working Group, Nanaimo
Friday	18	Pacific Salmon Commission, Annual Meeting, Portland
Tuesday	22	Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee (IOAC),PNCIMA, location TBA Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon - First Nations, Richmond
Wednesday	23	Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee (IOAC),PNCIMA, location TBA Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon, - First Nations, Richmond
Thursday	24	Comanagement Workshop, First Nations, Richmond
Friday	25	Comanagement Workshop, First Nations, Richmond
Monday	28	Food, Social and Ceremonial Workshop, First Nations and the First Nation Fishery Council, Nanaimo PNCIMA Bella Coola Community Meeting, Bella Coola Valley Inn

MARCH 2011

		Meetings
Tuesday	1
Wednesday	2	PNCIMA Campbell River Community Meeting, Maritime Heritage Centre
Thursday	3	PNCIMA Port Hardy Community Meeting, Providence Place Inn
Friday	4	Groundfish - Commercial Industry Caucus (CIC) meeting, Nanaimo
Monday	7	PNCIMA Kitimat Community Meeting, Kitimat Valley Institute
Wednesday	9	PNCIMA Prince Rupert Community Meeting, Crest Hotel
Thursday	10	PNCIMA Skidegate Community Meeting, Skidegate Community Hall Pacific Regional Harbour Authority Advisory Committee (PRHAAC)Vancouver Groundfish Integrated Advisory Board, Nanaimo PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at Groundfish Integrated Advisory Board Meeting, Nanaimo
Friday	11	GIAB - groundfish, Nanaimo
Wednesday	16	Public Posting - Draft #1 IFMP for review and comments
Thursday	17	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Monday	21	Bowie Seamount Advisory Committee Meeting, conference call Yukon River Panel meeting, Yukon
Tuesday	22	Yukon River Panel meeting, Yukon Pacific Regional Harbour Authority Advisory Committee (PRHAAC) Vancouver
Wednesday	23	Salmon Integrated Harvest Planning Committee, Richmond PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations at Salmon Integrated Harvest Planning Committee Wild Salmon Policy Yukon Conservation Unit Consultations, Whitehorse Yukon River Panel meeting, Yukon
Thursday	24	Salmon Integrated Harvest Planning Committee, (IHPC) Richmond Yukon River Panel meeting, Yukon
Friday	25	SARA - Rougheye Rockfish complex and Longspine Thornyhead Draft Management Plan, online consultation begins
Monday	28	Hecate Strait Area of Interest Advisory Committee Meeting, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Richmond
Tuesday	29	Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon - First Nations, Nanaimo Hecate Strait Area of Interest Advisory Committee Meeting, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Richmond
Wednesday	30	Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon - First Nations, Nanaimo
Thursday	31

APRIL 2011

		Meetings
Saturday	2	South Coast SFAB, Vancouver Island North Coast SFAB, Prince Rupert
Sunday	3	South Coast SFAB, Vancouver Island North Coast SFAB, Prince Rupert
Tuesday	5	PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations, Lower Fraser Fisheries Joint Access and Monitoring Workshop, Chilliwack
Wednesday	6	Sardine Integrated Advisory Board Meeting, Vancouver
Saturday	9	Main Board Sport Fish Advisory Board (SFAB) meeting, Richmond
Sunday	10	Main Board Sport Fish Advisory Board (SFAB) meeting, Richmond
Thursday	14	Prawn Sectoral Committee meeting, Nanaimo
Monday	18	Commercial Salmon Advisory Board, Richmond Submission deadline for comments on Draft #1 IFMP
Thursday	21	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan
Thursday	28	SARA - Rougheye Rockfish complex and Longspine Thornyhead Draft Management Plan, online consultation ends
Friday	29	Public Posting of Draft #2 Salmon IFMP - review and comment Sardine Integrated Advisory Board Meeting (SIAB), Vancouver PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations, Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance, Williams Lake

MAY 2011

		Meetings
Sunday	1
Wednesday	4	IHPC, Richmond - Final review of Draft #2 Salmon IFMP
Thursday	5	IHPC, Richmond - Final review of Draft #2 Salmon IFMP Integrated Herring Harvest Planning Committee, Vancouver PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations, at Integrated Herring Harvest Planning Committee Meeting, Vancouver
Friday	9	Hecate Strait Area of Interest Advisory Committee meeting, Vancouver PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations, Forum on Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon, Kamloops
Tuesday	10	Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon - First Nations, Kamloops PICFI Fishery Monitoring and Catch Reporting Consultations, Seafood Producer’s Meeting, Vancouver SARA - Bluntnose Sixgill Shark and Tope Shark Draft Management Plan , online consultation begins
Wednesday	11	Conservation and Harvest Planning for Fraser Salmon - First Nations, Kamloops
Wednesday	18	Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Thursday	19	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Wednesday	25	Annual DFO Bilateral Meeting with Yukon First Nations

JUNE 2011

		Meetings
Tuesday	7	PICFI - Economic Access Working Group Community Dialogue Session, Richmond
Wednesday	8	PICFI - Economic Access Working Group Community Dialogue Session, Richmond Pacific Regional Harbour Authority Advisory Committee (PRHAAC) meeting, Vancouver
Thursday	9	Pacific Regional Harbour Authority Advisory Committee (PRHAAC) meeting, Vancouver Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee meeting, Vancouver
Monday	13	SARA - Bluntnose Sixgill Shark and Tope Shark Draft Management Plan , online consultation ends
Tuesday	14	Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee meeting (IOAC), Haida Gwaii
Wednesday	15	Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee meeting (IOAC), Haida Gwaii
Thursday	16	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Groundfish - Commercial Industry Caucus (CIC) meeting, Nanaimo
Monday	20	Fraser River Spawning Sockeye Initiative (FRSSI), Richmond
Tuesday	21	Groundfish Integrated Advisory Board (GIAB) meeting, conference call
Tuesday	28	Bowie Seamount MPA Advisory Committee meeting, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Wednesday	29	Bowie Seamount MPA Advisory Committee meeting, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii

JULY 2011

		Meetings
Thursday	21	Tentative - Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Southern BC Chinook Planning Framework, Vancouver
Friday	22	Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB), Vancouver
Saturday	23	Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB), Vancouver
Sunday	24	Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board (SEHAB), Vancouver

AUGUST 2011

		Meetings
Thursday	18	Tentative - Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan
Wednesday	31

SEPTEMBER 2011

		Meetings
		CSAP Regional Advisory Process: Stock Assessment and Management Advice for the Pacific Herring: 2010 Status and 2011 Forecast, date TBA, Nanaimo
Wednesday	7	Shellfish Aquaculture Industry Advisory Panel meeting, Location TBA
Thursday	8	Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee meeting, Vancouver
Wednesday	14	Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee meeting (IOAC), Prince Rupert
Thursday	15	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee meeting (IOAC), Prince Rupert
Wednesday	28	Prawn Sectoral Committee, Nanaimo Fraser River Panel/Canadian Caucus, Harrison
Thursday	29	Fraser River Panel/Canadian Caucus, Harrison
Friday	30	Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee meeting (IOAC), Richmond

OCTOBER 2011

		Meetings
		CSAP Regional Advisory Process: Assessment of the environment impact of the treatment of sea lice with pesticide Slice at aquaculture facilities in BC, date TBA, Nanaimo
		CSAS National Advisory Process: Assessment of critical habitat for FIN, Blue, SE and Northern Pacific Right Whales in BC, date TBA, Ottawa
		CSAS National Advisory Process: Update Recovery Potential Assessment for Pacific Fur Seal required for listing decision, date TBA, Ottawa
Wednesday	5	Visions Workshop (First Nations and DFO), Quesnel
Thursday	6	Visions Workshop (First Nations and DFO), Quesnel Crab Sectoral Committee (CSC), Nanaimo
Friday	7	Visions Workshop (First Nations and DFO), Quesnel
Tuesday	11	Groundfish Forum, Nanaimo SARA - Darkblotched Rockfish Listing Consultation - online consultations October 11 - November 30, 2011
Wednesday	12	First Nation "Roadmap"- building a Fraser River Salmon Co-Management Process/Structure, Chase Shrimp by Trawl Sectoral Committee, Nanaimo Groundfish Integrated Advisory Board (GIAB) meeting, Nanaimo
Thursday	13	First Nation "Roadmap"- building a Fraser River Salmon Co-Management Process/Structure, Chase Groundfish - Commercial Industry Caucus meeting, Nanaimo
Friday	14	SARA - Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel Consultation - online consultations until November 30, 2011
Wednesday	19	Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Thursday	20	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Monday	24	DFO/FNFC Co-management Workshop: IFMP Engagement, Vancouver
Tuesday	25	DFO/FNFC Co-management Workshop: IFMP Engagement, Vancouver Pre-COSEWIC Assessment of Fraser river Sockeye CU's, Nanaimo
Wednesday	26	Pre-COSEWIC Assessment of Fraser river Sockeye CU's, Nanaimo BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Campbell River
Friday	28	BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Tofino
Monday	31	BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Nanaimo

NOVEMBER 2011

		Meetings
		CSAP Regional Advisory Process: Recovery Potential Assessment (RPA) of Pacific Eulachon, date TBA, Nanaimo
		CSAP Regional Advisory Process: Risk-based analysis of the stock status of BC Coast Greenstriped, Harlequin, Redstrip, Sharpchin and Splitnose Rockfish
		CSAP Regional Advisory Process: Stock Status update for Geoduck; Assessment of BC Shrimp Stocks in 2011
Tuesday	1	BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Sechelt
Monday	7	BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Courtenay First Nation Fisheries Council (FNFC) 2011 Fall Assembly, Penticton
Tuesday	8	First Nation Fisheries Council (FNFC) 2011 Fall Assembly, Penticton
Wednesday	9	Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee meeting, location to be determined First Nation Fisheries Council (FNFC) 2011 Fall Assembly, Penticton
Thursday	10	BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Prince Rupert
Monday	14	BC Aquaculture Regulatory Program Community Consultations, Port Hardy Groundfish - Commercial Industry Caucus meeting, Nanaimo
Wednesday	16	Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Thursday	17	Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable Meetings (every 3rd Thursday of the month), Duncan Groundfish Integrated Adviosry Board meeting, Nanaimo Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee (YSSC) board meeting, Yukon
Friday	18	Pacific Regional Harbour Authority Advisory Committee (PRHAAC) teleconference
Saturday	19	SC SFAB Regional Meeting, Nanaimo
Monday	21	CSAP Regional Advisory Process: Development of an in-season model to forecast chum abundance in Johnstone Strait; Run timing model for Fraser River sockeye, Skeena Salmon WSP Benchmark Development, Status of Skeena sockeye conservation units and prospects for recovery, Review of the 2011 returns for Fraser River Sockeye salmon and forecast returns 2012
Tuesday	22	Commercial Salmon Advisory Board (CSAB) AGM, Richmond Fraser Regional Workshop, Kamloops CSAP Regional Advisory Process, Nanaimo
Wednesday	23	Integrated Harvest Planning Committee (IHPC), Richmond CSAP Regional Advisory Process, Nanaimo Tuna Adviosry Board meeting, Victoria
Thursday	24	Integrated Harvest Planning Committee (IHPC), Richmond CSAP Regional Advisory Process, Nanaimo Joint DFO/FNFC hosted IFMP/IHPC meeting
Friday	25	CSAP Regional Advisory Process, Nanaimo Joint DFO/FNFC hosted IFMP/IHPC meeting
Monday	28	Commercial Fishing Enterprise (CFE) Networking, PICFI, Osoyoos
Tuesday	29	Commercial Fishing Enterprise (CFE) Networking, PICFI, Osoyoos
Wednesday	30	Commercial Fishing Enterprise (CFE) Networking, PICFI, Osoyoos PNCIMA - Valued Ecosystem Components (VECs) Workshop, Richmond

DECEMBER 2011

		Meetings
Thursday	1	SFAB - Central Coast Tidal Sport Fish Advisory Committee, Vancouver Commercial Fishing Enterprise (CFE) Networking, PICFI, Osoyoos
Friday	2	SFAB - Central Coast Advisory Board, Vancouver
Saturday	3	NC SFAB Regional Meeting, Prince Rupert (maybe moved to Dec 10-11)
Sunday	4	NC SFAB Regional Meeting, Prince Rupert (maybe moved to Dec 10-11)
Monday	5	Yukon River Panel Post-Season Meeting, Alaska
Tuesday	6	First Nation "Roadmap"- building a Fraser River Salmon Co-Management Process/Structure, Richmond Yukon River Panel Post-Season Meeting, Alaska
Wednesday	7	First Nation "Roadmap"- building a Fraser River Salmon Co-Management Process/Structure, Richmond Halibut Advisory Board (HAB) meeting, Vancouver Yukon River Panel Post-Season Meeting, Alaska
Thursday	8	Halibut Advisory Board (HAB) meeting, Vancouver Yukon River Panel Post-Season Meeting, Alaska
Friday	9	NC IHPC Post Season Review, Prince Rupert
Monday	12	Area A and C Harvest Committee, Prince Rupert
Tuesday	13	Fraser Regional Workshop, Surrey
Thursday	15	Sardine Integrated Advisory Board (SIAB) meeting, Nanaimo, BC