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Location: Fraser Valley, Fisheries Project Summary
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s Pacific Fisheries Reform emphasizes a shift to more precautionary and selective commercial fisheries in the future. To this end, the Fraser River First Nations have been building a river-based salmon fishery through a series of demonstration projects. Traceability is a necessity in this fishery as it must be clearly demonstrated at the point of retail sale the source of the fish to give the assurance that the fish have been handled and processed in sanitary conditions. It is also a necessary part of these fisheries to demonstrate that the fish are from the designated fish run and not from an endangered stock. This information will be obtained by performing DNA tests on fish samples. A goal of the project is to investigate the feasibility of using DNA testing as an ongoing monitoring/verification practice of which salmon stocks are harvested in the inland salmon fishery. Chain of Custody is also an important feature for this fishery: the feasibility of using traceability technologies and furthering use of computers for this task will also be investigated. Finally, the linkage between these two parts of the project as part of establishing the Chain of Custody will be investigated. The DNA will be collected twice a week during a Harrison River Sockeye Test Fishery from August 5th to September 29th, 2008. Results of this study will be reported; the report will include recommendations for establishing the Chain of Custody fromJuly the point of fish harvest through the use of DNA testing. Final Results The final report for the study is posted in the orange resource box to the right.
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