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APPENDIX A 



The Commission's 

 Terms of Reference 



The following is the text of the Commission appointing Dr. Peter Pearse Commis- 

 sioner under Part I of the Inquiries Act. 



TO ALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come or whom the same may in 

 anyway concern, 



GREETING: 



WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Part I of the Inquiries Act, chapter 

 I-I3 of the Revised Statutes of Canada. 1970, His Excellency the Governor General 

 in Council, by Order in Council P.C. 1981-60 of the twelfth day of January in the 

 year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one has authorized the 

 appointment of Our Commissioner therein and hereinafter named to examine into, 

 report upon and make recommendations concerning the condition, management 

 and utilization of the fisheries of the Pacific coast of Canada, excluding the arrange- 

 ments between Canada and foreign nations governing fishing rights and conserva- 

 tion of stocks, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to inquire into 

 and report upon: 



(a) the condition of the stocks of fish within Canada's jurisdiction off the 

 Pacific coast, current levels of utilization and their relationship to opti- 

 mum rates of use; 



(b) the provisions for conservation, management, protection and development 

 of the fish resources, including the protection of their tidal and non-tidal 

 habitat and the enhancement of salmonid stocks; 



(c) the structure and size of the commercial fishing fleet and the relationship 

 between the capacity of the fleet to harvest fish and the optimum rates of 

 harvesting the stocks; 



(d) the policies and procedure for licensing commercial fishing, and for regu- 

 lating the size and structure of the fishing fleet, including the charges to be 

 levied by the Crown for fishing privileges; and 



