Salmon Steward

www.psf.ca | 2018 Edition CO-EDITORS Michael Meneer Elayne Sun EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Matt Currie ART DIRECTOR Bernhard Holzmann CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Owen Bird Robin Brunet David R. Clough Sarah Gourlay Fernando Lessa Dr. Isobel Pearsall Bill Varner Ted Walkus PRODUCTION MANAGER Kristina Borys ACCOUNT MANAGER Katherine Kjaer SALMON Steward is published for The Pacific Salmon Foundation by Canada Wide Media Limited. 230-4321 Still Creek Drive Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6S7 Tel: 604.299.7311 canadawide.com No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Pacific Salmon Foundation 300 – 1682 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4S6 T: 604.664.7664 | F: 604.664.7665 support@psf.ca | www.psf.ca Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 40065475 CDN Charitable Reg.# 11907 5638 RR0001 Printed on FSC ® certified paper. 4 2018 psf.ca A Chat with the Chairman Meet Jim Hudson, the new Volunteer Chair of our Board of Directors What do salmon mean to you? My relationship with our wild salmon was forged as a young boy. My dad was born and raised in Victoria, and he passed on his love of fishing to my younger brother and to me. As I grew older, I was able to take advantage of many opportunities to fish our coast. But my most unforgettable salmon memory was a fall visit to the Adams River in the late '60s. I remember feeling that I could almost walk across the river on the backs of the spawning Sockeye. I viewed the Adams run again a few years ago, and though still impressive, it paled in comparison. I am also an avid fisher of our fresh waters and native trout, particularly when it comes to Pennask Lake and its famous strain of fighting Kamloops trout. All told, I'm a devoted advocate of B.C.'s wild fish, committed to their preservation and proliferation. Since joining the board, what has impressed you? Where should the Foundation direct its future eorts? Each year, I become more impressed with the commitment of our board of directors and the professionalism of our hard- working and capable sta„. We continue to attract outstanding board members, and the management of the Foundation, led by our CEO, Dr. Brian Riddell, has been exemplary. We o„er an exceptional return on investment for the charitable dollars entrusted to us. At least 90 cents from every dollar donated goes directly into salmon projects. Not to mention the 7:1 leverage for all grants made through our Community Salmon Program (see p. 32). But we must continue to focus on management succession planning,—board diversity and the challenge to remain relevant as we confront new and continued threats to our wild fish. We must stay the course as vigilant stewards of our financial position and our hard-earned reputation as an honest broker – science- based and non-political. Like many NGOs, our greatest challenges will likely remain—financial solvency and ongoing commitment to appropriate standards of modern governance. What is your vision for the Foundation during your chairmanship? The vision of the Foundation is twofold: healthy, sustainable and naturally diverse populations of Pacific salmon for the benefit of Canadians for generations to come, and e„ective stewardship of natural resources in—B.C. and the Yukon to involve communities in decisions a„ecting Pacific salmon. These are challenging goals, but they will stand the test of time, and they're applicable in the short and long term. Over the next year or two, I see our vision's fulfillment in the dissemination of the findings of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project, our continued and expanded involvement in community salmon programs, and an increasing involvement with our First Nations partners. At the same time, we will retain a commitment to provincial water issues and the Yukon. 2018 is an important year as the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project (SSMSP) wraps up. What are you looking forward to? Since launching in 2014, the SSMSP has been an extensive collaboration (over 60 organizations and 150 scientists across the U.S. and Canada) to research the causes of poor Chinook, Coho and Steelhead survival in the Salish Sea. I look forward to this fall, when the Foundation will start its series of community meetings to report on project findings. Some management actions are already resulting from the Project, while other actions are still under discussion and development. Anticipated

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