AREA 23 BARKLEY

Stewardship Working Group

The Area 23 Stewardship Roundtable (also known as the Barkley Salmon Working Group) seeks to restore and maintain healthy and diverse salmon populations and their habitat. Their work includes conducting risk assessments, habitat status assessments, restoration plans, education, and restoration and providing guidance to enhancement projects.

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The Working Group strives to include broad representation from all those with an interest in the stewardship of Barkley Sound. Participants include:

• Alberni Clayoquot Regional District

• Alberni Fish and Game

• Alberni Valley Enhancement Association

• Alberni Valley Enhancement Hatchery

• Catalyst

• Central Westcoast Forest Society

• City of Port Alberni

• District of Ucluelet

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• Forestry (BC Timber Sales, Island Timberlands, Western Forest Products)

• Gently Down the Creek

• Gillnet Fleet (Area D)

• Hupacasath First Nation

• Huu-ay-aht

• Living Rivers

• Maa-nulth

• Nitinaht Hatchery

• Omega Hatchery

• Recreational Fishing

• School District 70

• Seine Fleet (Area B)

• Shannon Hatchery

• Sports Fishing

• Thornton Hatchery

• Toquaht

• Tseshaht

• Ucluelet Aquarium

• Uchucklesaht

• Ultimate Fishing

• Uu-a-thluk (NTC Fisheries)

• Watershed Watch

• West Coast Aquatic Stewardship Association

• Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ

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Facilitation and communications is provided by West Coast Aquatic.