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Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance

Watershed

British Columbia

Our Story

We are sq’eptset syoyes sth’o’th’eqwi – fishers working together.

The Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance represents the interests of 25 Fraser Valley First Nations in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, First Nations Fisheries Council, and Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat.

Communities

Semiahmoo First Nation,
Tsawwassen First Nation
Kwantlen First Nation
Katzie First Nation
Matsqui First Nation
Aitchelitz First Nation
Shxwha:y First Nation
Skowkale First Nation
Squiala First Nation
Tzeachten First Nation
Cheam First Nation
Kwakwa’apilt First Nation
Scowlitz First Nation
Seabird First Nation
Shxw’ow’hamel First Nation
Soowahlie First Nation
Sts’ailes First Nation
Peters First Nation
Sumas First Nation
Chawathil First Nation
Yale First Nation
Kwikwetlem First Nation

KEY ACTIVITIES

∙ Habitat restoration ∙ Stock Assessment ∙ Indigenous Knowledge ∙ Climate Change Adaptation ∙ Emergency Planning ∙

INTERNAL CAPACITY

  • Executive Director
  • Program Coordinator,
  • Program Assistant,
  • Biologists and Communications Coordinator

PARTNERSHIPS

  • First Nations Fisheries Council (FNFC),
  • Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFFCA),
  • Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA),
  • Island Marine Aquatic Working Group (IMAWG),
  • Fraser River Peacemakers (FRP),
  • S’ólh Téméxw Stewardship Alliance (STSA),
  • Stò:lō Tribal Council, Province of British Columbia,
  • Coastal Restoration Fund,
  • Pacific Salmon Commission and Pacific Salmon Foundation