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rcM>iir(.t:s have K'cn Imulcd .md, Idi llic most p.ii I, mana- 

 gers have been able ti> assemble suRicienl mtbrrnalion to 

 gUKle exploilalion and conserve the sitH.ks. Hut the pres- 

 sures on these stocks are growing, and m order to take 

 advantage of the new oppi>rtunities while protecting the 

 restuirces themselves, management capabilities will have 

 to impri>ve. 



The most conspiciu>iis management weaknesses are in 

 our most valuable fishenes salmon and rcx'-herring. 



Both sutlei troiii serious dclicicncics in long-term jilaii- 

 ning: in the data needed ("or eflective in-season manage- 

 ment; m the methods of processing and analyzing infor- 

 mation st) that It becomes available to managers system- 

 atically and quickly; and in the scientific input into 

 managemeni decisions. A regular review of plans and 

 results with those participating in the fisheries is also 

 needed. My recommendations are aimed at correcting 

 these deficiencies. 



FOOTNOTES 



1. Fisheries Council of Canada, bxhibit #91. p. 7. 



2. Il should be noted that the size of a population of fish that will 

 produce the maximum sustainable yield is smaller than the maxi- 

 mum population size, which can be maintained only without 

 exploitation. See WE. Ricker. StiK'k and recruitment. Journal of 

 the Fisheries Research Board of Canada . Volume 1 1. 1954. pp. 559- 

 623. 



3. Policy for Canada's Commercial Fisheries . Fisheries and Marine 

 Service. Department of the Environment. Ottawa. May 1976. p. 53. 



4 Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Exhibit # 193a. p. 9. 



5. See lor example. 1982 Commercial Fishing Guide. Proposed Fish- 

 ing Plans and Stock Expectations . Department of Fisheries and 

 Oceans. Pacific Reaion. Vancouver. 1982. 



6. Exhibit #19.3a. p. 5. 

 7 F.ihibit «193a. p. 9. 



8. Exhibit #l93a. p. 16, 



9. DPA Consulting Limited. "Review of Pacific Region Statistical 

 System Final Report." Prepared tor the Department of Fisheries 

 and Oceans. 1980. 



10. The Canadian Fishing Company Limited, Exliibit #73. p. 3. 



11. Exhibit #193a. p. 9. 



