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FUNDING AND SUPPORT
In October 2013, critical seed funding allowed PSF and LLTK to begin the project. The Southern
Fund Committee of the Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund committed $5 million dollars over 5 years
for this project. The Pacific Salmon Commission is the international body formed by the United
States and Canada in 1985 to oversee implementation of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. Pacific Salmon
Treaty Commissioner and Fund Committee member, Larry Rutter, announced the award at LLTK's
October 2013 Benefit Dinner. PSF built on this generous contribution, ultimately raising over $12M
to allow for successful implementation of this 5-year integrated ecosystem-based program. This was
achieved as a result of the wonderful support of many donors and partners, including continuous
support from the Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society associated with PSF, the PSF Board and
Major Donor Circle (Figure 3).
This compendium is made up of a number of short chapters that provide information and results to date for key projects
within the SSMSP. We would like to thank the SSMSP community of researchers and partners for their hard work on
these projects, and for provision of text, data, graphs and images for these reports. A full list of our researchers and
partners is provided at the end of this booklet.
All data and reports from the SSMSP will be made publicly available via the Strait of Georgia Data Centre
(www.sogdatacentre.ca) and the SSMSP website (www.marinesurvivalproject.com). Further information on the
project and the various activities, including copies of technical reports and links to project publications can be
accessed at the latter site. Researchers in the program are also preparing scientific papers and intend to publish
a compendium of papers summarizing the SSMSP.
Cite document as:
Salish Sea Marine Survival Project – Canadian Program Summaries
PSF, 300-1682 West 7th Ave.,
Vancouver BC Canada V6J 4S6.
Compiled by: Isobel A. Pearsall and Brian E. Riddell, PSF
Figure 3. Donors of $50K and above to Canadian SSMSP projects.
James A. Allard, The Aqueduct Foundation, Armstrong Family Foundation, Dick Bradshaw, Brian Denny,
Judy Hager, Rivers Holdings Ltd, Tula Foundation, Rudolph North and the North Growth Foundation
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