February 2-5, 2009 • Fairmont Waterfront Hotel • Vancouver, B.C.
Organizing Committee
External Steering Committee
Zeke Grader - Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
Dr. Masahide Kaeriyama - Professor, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University
Sara LaBorde - Special Assistant to the Director, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Dr. Nathan Mantua - Professor, Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington
Saul Milne - Coordinator, Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program
Dr. Kate Myers - Fisheries Biologist, University of Washington
Dr. Mitsuhiro Nagata - Director, Hokkaido Fish Hatchery East Research Branch
Dr. Vladimir Radchenko - Director, SakhNIRO
Kit Rawson - Senior Biologist, Fisheries Management, Tulalip Tribes
Dr. Brian Riddell - Division Manager, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Frank Rue - Salmon Program Director, The Nature Conservancy
Tasha Sutcliffe - Fisheries Program Manager, Ecotrust Canada
Dr. John White - Former Alaska Board of Fisheries member
Jeffery Young - Aquatic Biologist, David Suzuki Foundation
Internal Steering Committee
Dr. Xan Augerot - Director, Pangaea Environmental, LLC
Ed Backus - Vice President, Fishery Program, Ecotrust
Greg Block - Vice President, Conservation Programs, Wild Salmon Center
Paula Burgess - Director, North America Program, Wild Salmon Center
Brian Caouette - Program Coordinator, Sustainable Fisheries & Markets, Wild Salmon Center
Dave Martin - Director, Western Pacific Programs, Wild Salmon Center
Rachel Uris - Vice President, Resources and Communication, Wild Salmon Center
Mariusz Wroblewski - Fisheries Officer, Ecotrust