Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw
Shuswap People of the North
Lexey’em “to tell a story” September 2012 - Pelltemillik’t (Spawned Out Month)
NSTC Catch Monitor Data for July 12 - September 15, 2012 by Sarah Hood, NSTC Fisheries
This is a summary of the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council (NSTC) Fisheries Department 2012 Catch Monitoring Program. The project was ŝŶ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ :ƵůLJ ϭϮth to September 15th, employing a total of 12 people. Eight of these ǁĞƌĞ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĚ ĨƵůůƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƵƌ were on-call. The Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy funded the ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ĨŽƌ :ƵůLJ ĂŶĚ ƵŐƵƐƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ contract with Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Resource Management funded the remaining hours to September 15, 2012. The NSTC Fisheries Program goal is to provide an opportunity for interested applicants from the ĨŽƵƌ E^ƚY ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ĮƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ďLJ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ĚĂƚĂ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ &ŽŽĚ͕ ^ŽĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĂů ;&^ Ϳ ĮƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ͘ This data is important to post-season reviews of the annual sockeye returns as well as planning ĨŽƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĮƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ͘ The NSTC Fisheries and DFO review the data ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŐĂŚƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ discuss such issues as the inability for NStQ members to meet their needs and making management decisions. dŚĞ ĨŽƵƌ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƌŝŐŽƌŽƵƐůLJ monitored and data is collected by the NSTC Program Catch Monitors are as follows: Gang Ranch Bridge area, Sheep Creek Bridge, Soda ƌĞĞŬ ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ^ŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ZƵĚLJ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌŝĚŐĞ͘ dŚĞ E^ƚY͛Ɛ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞ ^ĞŶ yĂůƵƐ (Farwell Canyon) is not monitored by the NSTC, however we will work towards increased ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌĞĂ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ǁĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ ŽƵƌ E^ƚY ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ WƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƐŝƚĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ &ƌĂƐĞƌ ZŝǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĐŚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌƐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ Ă ϭ ĚĂLJ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ E^d ^ƚĂī͕ &ŝƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ &K ƚĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĐŚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŬĞLJ ĂƌĞĂƐ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ͗ ƚŚĞ DŽŶŝƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ƌŽůĞ͖ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂ ƐŚĞĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĮůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ͖ ŶŽƟĐĞ ŽĨ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ĚĂƚĞƐ͖ ŽŶ ƐŝƚĞ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ͖ ĮƐŚ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ͖ and a hands on training for scale and biological test sampling. ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌƐ ĂĐƟǀĞůLJ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƐŚĞƌƐ͕ ŬĞĞƉ ĂŶ ĞLJĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ͕ maintain the areas, and carry out interviews with ƚŚĞ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĚĂƚĂ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ is being collected. The process is as follows: data is collected then ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ E^d &ŝƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ ƐƚĂī ŽŶ Ă ǁĞĞŬůLJ basis, where it is entered into the NSTC-FSC
Catch Summary by Fishing Site
2012
SOCKEYE
CHINOOK
OTHER
FISHING SITE
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Gang Ranch/Churn
1,667
0
16
0
0
0
Rudy Johnson’s Bridge
819
862
62
0
1
0
Sheep Creek Bridge
410
34
7
0
0
0
Soda Creek Heritage Site Total for All Sites
462
67
6
0
0
0
3,358
963
91
0
1
0
ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ &K͘ &K ŽŶůLJ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĐŚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ Ăůů ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ŝƐ ŬĞƉƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ E^d Fisheries Department for purposes relevant to the NStQ. (eg. How many permits were issued, Žƌ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶLJ E^ƚY ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĮƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŽƚĂů ĞƚĐ͘Ϳ The catch monitors recorded 333 interviews ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ :ƵůLJ ϭϮthto September 15th 2012. From ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ǁĞ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ϯ͕ϯϱϴ ƐŽĐŬĞLJĞ ĂŶĚ 91 chinook recorded as kept by NStQ Fishers on the Fraser. During the Early Stuart closure 963 ƐŽĐŬĞLJĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ͘ E^ƚY ĐĂƚĐŚ Ăƚ ^ĞŶ yĂůƵƐ is undetermined. The NSTC issued 26 permits to local non-NStQ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲůŽĐĂů ĮƐŚĞƌƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƟŶŐ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞƐ Ăƚ &ĂƌĞǁĞůů ĂŶLJŽŶ͕ 'ĂŶŐ Ranch Bridge, Sheep Creek Bridge, Soda Creek ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ^ŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ZƵĚLJ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌŝĚŐĞ͘ In conclusion, the NSTC Catch Monitoring program had a successful 2012 season and ƚŚĞ E^d &ŝƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ to improve the project each year. The overall success of this season was determined by the ĐĂƚĐŚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ĮƐŚĞƌŝĞƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ Following are the Catch Monitors’ Comments
Dennis Sargent catches a sockeye at the ‘Big Rock’ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞ ďĞůŽǁ ƚŚĞ 'ĂŶŐ ZĂŶĐŚ ƌŝĚŐĞ͘
Inside This Issue WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů EĞŐŽƟĂƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ZĞƉŽƌƚ
Ɖ͘ Ϯ
t>/ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ EĞǁƐ
Ɖ͘ ϯ
E^ƚY dƌĞĂƚLJ Ͳ ŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂů ZĞƉŽƌƚ Ɖ͘ ϰ E^d ^ŬŝůůƐ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ
Ɖ͘ ϱ
E^ƚY Ͳ :Ž ŶŶĞ ŽŶ &ĂƐƟŶŐ
Ɖ͘ ϲ
^y&EͲ ƌĐŚĂĞŽůŽŐLJ &ŝĞůĚ ^ĐŚŽŽů
Ɖ͘ ϳ
ƌĞĞŬ
ŚŝĞĨ ŚƚĂŵ ^ĐŚŽŽů ͲWĂƌƚ Ϯ
Ɖ͘ ϴ
͞/ ůŽǀĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ŽƵƌ ĂŶĐĞƐƚŽƌƐ ĚŝĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͟ Ͳ Fallon William͕ ^ŽĚĂ ƌĞĞŬ ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ
^^> ^ Θ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ EĞǁƐ
Ɖ͘ ϵ
^y&E &ĂŵŝůLJ &ŝƐŚ ĂŵƉ
Ɖ͘ϭϬ
͞dŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ / ůŝŬĞĚ ŵŽƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ ǁĂƐ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐĂůŵŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂůŵŽŶ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ͟ Ͳ Helena Kalelest, 'ĂŶŐ ZĂŶĐŚ
&ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ EĞǁƐ Ͳ hE
Ɖ͘ ϭϭ
ƌŽƵŶĚ ^ĞĐǁĞƉĞŵĐϳƵůĞĐǁ
Ɖ͘ ϭϮ
͞/ ĞŶũŽLJĞĚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ͕ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͟ Ͳ
Stephen Meshue͕ ZƵĚLJ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͛Ɛ
͞/ ůŝŬĞĚ ŚŽǁ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ Θ ŐůĂĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽƵƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͟ Ͳ >ĂƌĂĞ tLJĐŽƩĞ͕ ^ŚĞĞƉ
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