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Stephanie Major

Section, Fish & Fish Habitat Protection Program Head at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)1 communications in the past year

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Watershed Watch Salmon Society

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DFO Pacific salmon stock assessment and monitoring programs Advocating for sustained and increased funding, staffing and operational capacity for Pacific salmon stock assessment and monitoring, including spawning-ground enumeration, test fisheries, catch monitoring, tagging, data analysis, forecasting and timely public reporting, to support salmon conservation, stock rebuilding and evidence-based fisheries management decisions. Protection of wild salmon from the impacts of salmon farming, with a particular focus on parasite and disease transfer to wild populations. Meetings regarding the fish farm transition plan and upcoming commitment to remove fish farms by 2029. Policy and program recommendations regarding the Canada Water Act and Canada Water Agency, including mandate, implementation and resourcing. Policy and program recommendations regarding the government's response measures related to flood recovery. Implementation of recommendations from the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River Implementation of Canada's Policy for the Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon; DFO’s Allocation Policy for Pacific Salmon; DFO’s Salmonid Enhancement Program; DFO’s Policy for Selective Fishing in Canada’s Pacific Fisheries Canadian Food Inspection Agency regarding the Health of Animals Act and Fish Health Regulations under the Fisheries Act Canadian Environmental Assessment Act with respect to hydropower developments, with a focus on river diversion or run-of-river hydropower Amendments to the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the link to triggering environmental assessments Amendments to Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act regarding habitat protection

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