Project Team Renewal

As of November 2011, the Project Team welcomes a new C0-chair, Rob Paynter, from the provincial Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Rob joins Karin Bodtker, the other BCMCA Co-chair, who works for the Living Oceans Society and is also the environmental non-government representative.

The Project Team’s purpose is to develop, coordinate, and implement the BCMCA in a way that is collaborative, inclusive, and transparent. Members of the Project Team come from diverse backgrounds and together have a wide range of expertise. Currently, the Project Team is made up of the following representatives:

• Federal Government – Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Parks Canada;
• Provincial Government – Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations;
• User Groups – BC Seafood Alliance, Sport Fishing Advisory Board;
• Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations – Living Oceans Society representing Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, Sierra Club BC, and World Wildlife Fund Canada; and
• Academia – James Cook University.

The Project Team also includes representatives who have chosen to participate as observers. The West Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board is an observer. The following First Nation Observer representatives are also on the Project Team:

• Coastal First Nations,
• Haida Fisheries Program,
• Island and Approach First Nations Fisheries, and
• North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society.