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DFO - Great Slave Lake
Fisheries Management
Prepared by:
George Low
Taiga Borealis
13 Riverview Drive
Hay River, NWT, XOE 0R7
Ph. 867 874 5531Great Slave Lake
Fisheries
>Sports Fisheries
>First Nation Fisheries
>Non-aboriginal Domestic
>Commercial Gillnet
> Exploratory FisheriesSports Fishery Management > Licencing and regulation > Enforcement > Management > The recreational Fishery > Lodges and Outfitters
First Nation Food Fisheries
> Priority
> Enforcement & Regulation
> Stock Protection
> AFS & AAROM
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Areas Closed to Commercial
Gillnet Fishing
AREAS CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL
FISHINO
FISHINO LODOES
FISH PLANTS
SPftlMOCLOSURES
(INCONNU PROTECTION)
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river riverNon-Aboriginal Domestic Fishery > Surplus Resource > Mainly Hay River and Yellowknife > Licence quota and area > Limited harvest > Avoids heavy use areas
Commercial Gillnet Fishery > Regulation and Enforcement > Quotas and Areas > Certificates and Licences > Mesh size > Closed areas > Exploratory Fisheries
Commercial Fishery Management Areas - 1975 to present
►Areas with quotas used to limit exploitation and distribute effort; managed for whitefish offshore.
►Boundaries variable from 1945-1974; stabilized in 1975.
►Quota management is primarily for whitefish in West Basin; other species managed by area closures.
• Some areas closed to
commercial fishing
AREAS CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL
FISHJHO
permanently (e.g., VI) to
"f" FISHJMO WOOES promote trophy sport
SPRING CLOSURES fishery for lake trout.
(iriCONNU PROTECTION)
•Some areas closed seasonally (e.g.,
south shore spring) for inconnu
conservation (by-catch management).
BUFFALO
RIVER R(VER
•Some areas closed to ensure fish
for subsistence fisheries.
•Seven Areas with Quotas: Quota set annually for both lake
whitefish (WF) + lake trout (LT) combined (presently mostly
for WF). As total catch approaches area quota fishing is halted.5000
Fishery Start East Ann (VI) Closed Lake Quota
i
Total Catch
Whitefish Catch
4000 - Lake trout Catch
Inconnu Catch
Pike Catch
Walleye Catch
2 3000 -
o
Other spp. Catch
•a
Quotas reduced to prevent WF
overexploitation due to smaller
•g 2000 - mesh size.
a:
u
1000 -
77%WF+13%LT
Lake trout collapse Fluctuations (1975-present)
"^--^2s^r:r- driven by market forces,
0 i^*^ 1""* subsidies and costs which
1940 I 1950 1960 1970 ' 1980 1990 affect number, effort and
5 1/4" mesh
interest of fishermen.
5 1/2" mesh
Year
Commercial Catch over TimeThe Economic Decline of the Fishery
Quota taken in these areas
1W 1W 1W 2 1W 1E 1W 1W 1W1W 1W1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W1W1W
2 1W 2 2 2
4 2
3
2500
2000 vvniiensn oniy - except
Whitefish & Trout Area 5-Whitefish & Trout
Lake Quota
£ 1500
Whitefish and Trout Whitefish plus Area 5 Trout
CO
1000 Whitetish
Minimum
esh
500
Areas 1E. 2. 3 &
4
5 1/4" to 5"Great Slave Lake Advisory
Committee
> Purpose; ensure long-term conservation, wise use & health offish
and fish habitat
> Advises DFO on Fishery Mgmt. Issues
> Membership
> Terms of Reference;
(under review)
> Meetings (twice annually)
> DFO consultation; (Does
NOT preclude direct
consultation with FN's
or other groupsGSLAC Membership
•Membership: Chairperson, 12 Voting & 4 Non-voting Members
•Voting Members; groups nominate their member(s) and
altemate(s)
•Akaitcho Territory Government 1 Member
•Dehcho First Nations 1 Member
•Tlicho Government 1 Member
•NWT Metis Nation 3 Members
•NWT Fishermen's Federation 4 Members
•Sports Fishing-Public at Large 1 Member
•Sports Fishing-GSL Lodges and Outfitters... 1 Member
•Non-Voting Members; groups nominate their members
•DFO-Fisheries Management 1 Member
•Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation 1 Member
•GNWT-Environment & Natural Resources... 1 Member
•GNWT-lndustry, Tourism & Investment 1 MemberGSL Commercial Fishery
A Restricted Entry Fishery
> Objective: To ensure the fishery does not
become over-subscribed ("too many fishermen
chasing too few fish")
> NWT Fishery Regulations - Certificate required
to operate a fishing enterprise
on GSL
> GSLAC recommends issuance of Commercial
Certificates
> GSLAC uses guidelines and a point system to
prioritize applicantsCertificate Pool
Season Class Number
Summer Class A-Vessels 9.23 meters and longer 28
Class B-Vessels less than 9.23 meters 61
Winter Class A-Vehicles greater than 2000KG GVW 32
Class B-Vehicles other than Class A 49
Effective January 1,1981*, no person shall hold more than;
One Summer Class A Certificate
One Summer Class B Certificate
One Winter Class A Certificate
One Winter Class B Certificate
* GrandfatheredNew Entry Category > Application to DFO in Hay R. or YK; • complete application with supporting docs. • at least 3 working days before meeting > DFO presents the applications to GSLAC > Criteria; Residency Criteria & Point Criteria > Residency Criteria; • Canadian citizen • 2 year full time resident of the NWT
New Entrant Point Criteria
> a) One point - each year of NWT residency to 15
> b) One point - each year operator or helper
> OR One Point - each year holds GHL, NWT Treaty Card
or enrolled as a beneficiary of a Land Claim to 15
> c) One point - each year family member Cert.to 10 to 10
OR One point - each year family - lapsed Cert, (to 5)
> d) One point - each year applicant resided in
community on shores of GSL to 10
OR One point - each year resided in any NWT
community (to 5)
e) One point - each year applicant continuously applied to 10Renewal Category
> DFO will automatically re-issue commercial certificates if holder
meets minimum production requirements
• Summer & Winter Class A 2000kg
• Summer & winter Class B 200kg
Other
> There are rules governing notification, claiming certificates and
operational readiness
> There is an appeal process
• On grounds of being denied a Certificate
• Appeals directed to DFO, Western Arctic Area at any Area office
• DFO notifies GSLAC and the Appellant of its decision in writingGSL Research and Monitoring > DFO Science - Stock • Assessment sector FWI-Wpg > DFO Fisheries Mgmt. Sector . WAA - Hay River > Fish Plant Samples • Size and age > Experimental Gillnetting > Fishery Observations > Species Studies - eg. Inconnu > AFS & AAROM • Co-mgmt. supported studies
03 O 00 I CO
Dehcho Watershed Ecosystem
Advisory Committee - AAROM
&AFS
> A Capacity Building and Collaborative Mgmt. program
> Working with DFO
. AAROM
. AFSKakisa Lake Commercial Fishery
Main species - Walleye
Other species - Pike
Walleye quota - 20, 000 kg annual
Gear - 41/4" gillnet
Commercial fishing licence
• by NWT Fishery Regs.
• Resident of Kakisa; 6 months
Sustainable fishery since the 1946
(Transient stock problem in the1990's)
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". i^\^ijm^^",-.~.i.Tathlina Lake Commercial Fishery • Quota = 20 000 kg of Walleye • The stock has been depleted since 2001 • May be a combination of heavy exploitation and spawning failure • Tathlina - a shallow lake subject to winter-kill & other problems • Climate change may be affecting the recovery - usually recovers in three or four years • Kakisa Band working with DFO on the recovery strategy
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