:•«) MnilMSlRAllON 



do not prep;irc pci>plc tor the operational nianagcnicnt of 

 fisheries: I refer to the techniques ot assenibhni; data, 

 analy/ing stocks and catch statistics, and interpreting the 

 results in order to make proper management decisions. 

 To meet this need, 1 recommend that 



7. Hk' IK'|KiniiK-iit sImhiUI c<N>piTatc with out' or iiK»ri' of 

 the universities in British CoUunhia in desi^nin^ and 

 ojrerinj; a iMJii-de^nt' program in llslKTii-s iiuiiia^e- 

 nicnt for training tiK- IVpartim'nl's pcrvHiiK'l. 



An embr\onic program of this kind has b)een tested at 

 the L'niversity of British Columbia's Institute of Animal 

 Resource Ecology, where advanced data processing and 

 computer technology are available. Although the experi- 

 ment has been highly successful a stronger commitment 

 would be needed from the Department to enable this or a 

 similar program to be successful on a continuing basis. 



The resource management program would provide 

 professional training for biologists and perhaps also 

 fishery officers who had sufficient preparation. 



Planning 



Throughout this repwrt I have emphasized problems 

 that flow from unclear policy objectives, vague priorities, 

 a lack of evaluation and accountability and the absence 

 of forward planning. The results are uncertainty and frus- 

 tration within the fishing community, confusion and 

 demoralization within the public service and inefficien- 

 cies within fisheries administration. This must be 

 rectified. I concur completely with the Royal Oammis- 

 sion on Financial Management and Accountability 

 that — 



I he inslitutioii ot sdimii management must 

 begin with the establishment o( goals and the 

 assignment of relative priorities to them 

 through the allocation of resources." 



Policy development antl coordination in the Pacific 

 region is ostensibly in the hands of the executive commit- 

 tee, and I understand that a senior oflicial has recently 

 been designated as a planning director. But any deliber- 

 ate forward planning prcKess now appears to be 

 overwhelmed by more immediate pressures; so it does 

 not steer the allocation of manpower and budgets, nor 

 does it permeate the administration in any significant 

 way. In order to correct this situation, the Department 

 needs, in the Pacific region, an on-going planning pr(x;ess 

 to develop policies, set objectives, make forecasts, design 

 programs and budgets and evaluate the results. I there- 

 fore propose that - 



8. The Department should designate a policy and plan- 

 ning group, coasisling of senior officers, with specific 

 responsibility for strategic long-range planning for 

 fisheries management and administration in the 

 region. 



The purpose of this recommendation is to replace the 

 present reactive stance of the Department with a for- 

 ward-looking one that deliberately pursues explicit objec- 

 tives. If this planning body is given the status it warrants, 

 and if it consults and communicates adequately through 

 mechanisms I discuss in Chapter 17, it could do much to 

 overcome the uncertainty and drift that seems to have 

 characterized administration in the past, and to give 

 direction to the allocation of public resources. 



FOOTNOTES 



1. The Fisheries Association of British Columbia, Exhibit #63, p. 34. 



2. Pacific Coast Fishing Vessel Owner's Guild, Exhibit # 194, p. 1 . 



3. The Pacific Gillnetters Association, Exhibit #70, p. 5. 



4. T. Northcott, Exhibit #86, p. 2. 



5. Revised Statues of Canada, 1979, C42. 



6. Association of Professional Biologists of British Columbia, Exhibit 

 #96. p. 3. 



7. The Province . Vancouver, July 6, 1982, p. I . 



8. D.D. Tansley. Deputy Minister. Department of Fishenes and 

 Oceans, transcript of the public hearings, Volume 67, pp. 13899- 

 13902. 



9. J. Fulton, MP, transcript of the public heanngs. Volume 48, p. 

 9825. 



10. D.D. Tansley. Deputy Minister, Department of Fisheries and 

 Oceans, transcript of the public hearings, volume 67, p. 13869. 



1 1. R.D.S. Macdonald, Fishermen's Income, and inputs and outputs in 

 the fishenes sector: the P.E.I, case, Canadian Issues , Volume 3 

 No. l.Spnng 1980. pp. 25-35. 



12. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Support Services Review, 

 September 15, 1981. 



13. Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability, 

 Final Report . Ottawa, March 1977. p. 27. 



14. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Support Services Review, 

 September 15, 1981. 



15. Preliminary Report on a Fishery OflScer Career Plan in the Depart- 

 ment of Fishenes and Oceans . Ottawa, May 21, 1982. p. 7. 



16. C.W. Chestnut. "Study of Opportunities for Cooperation to Meet 

 Pacific Fisheries - B.C.I.T. Mutual Interest in Training and Placing 

 Graduates." Prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 

 1981. 



17. Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability. 

 Final Report . Ottawa. March 1979. p. 31. 



