Partnerships

Session 1 - Aquaculture

NAFF II – Day 2

What We Heard

Tier 1 & Tier 2 Meetings

Host Organization Tier 1 Meetings Tier 2 Meetings

AAEI – NAFF Meetings

Atlantic Policy Congress of

First Nations Chiefs

Charlottetown PE Port Hawkesbury NS Fredericton NB Listuguj QC Conne River NL

Moncton NB

First Nations Fisheries Council Courtenay BC Kamloops BC Masset BC Nanaimo BC Port Alberni BC Port Hardy BC Prince Rupert BC

Vancouver BC (with AAA)

Aboriginal Aquaculture Assoc’n Nanaimo BC Vancouver BC (with FNFC)

Assembly of First Nations Montreal QC Saskatoon SK Other Meetings

Aboriginal Aquaculture Assoc’n

Strategic Planning Sessions

Nanaimo BC (Dec 2011)

Waubetek Business

Development Corporation

Sudbury ON (Mar 2012) Sudbury ON (Sept 2012)

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Partnerships

Issues Discussed Partnerships can result in mutually beneficial

arrangements • Can reduce financial risks and barriers to entry

• First Nations have considerable “capital”

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Partnership Agreements

Issues Discussed

Agreements could include: • resource management objectives • monitoring and sustainability reporting guidelines • effective dialogue and community communications • conditions and timeframe for remedial actions • dispute resolution mechanism • provisions for continuous improvement and adoption

of Best Management Practices • long-term time frame, to be reviewed and renewed

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Partnerships

Some Suggested Solutions Prepare a Guide to Effective Aboriginal

Partnerships Organize and deliver regional workshops on

Building Effective Partnerships with First Nations

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Partnership Agreements

Some Suggested Solutions

Develop a partnership template for aquaculture • Each First Nation will retain the latitude to determine

the detailed content and terms

Conditions of License for non-aboriginal ventures should include a requirement for partnerships to be negotiated with local FNs

Agreements should be in place before Provincial tenures and Federal / Provincial aquaculture licences are allocated or renewed

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