2012-13 Departmental Performance Report
Sub-Program 1.5.2 – Salmonid Enhancement Contribution Programs
Description
Salmonid Enhancement Contribution Programs provide funding to support delivery of community-based salmon and fish habitat projects. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has entered into contribution arrangements with the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation, under a single program approval authority within the Salmonid Enhancement Program. The cost of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's contribution to these Foundations is fully offset by the revenues generated by the sale of the Pacific Salmon Recreational and Commercial Conservation stamps. The Pacific Salmon Foundation provides a funding mechanism to deliver community-based salmon and fish habitat projects that conserve, restore, and enhance Pacific salmon, in partnership with communities, other governments, First Nation representatives, and non-profit organizations. The T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation directly undertakes projects for fishing communities to protect and conserve fish and fish habitat.
Financial Resources ($ millions)
| Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Actual Spending 2012-13 |
Difference 2012-13 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
Human Resources (full-time equivalents)
| Planned 2012-13 |
Actual 2012-13 |
Difference 2012-13 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Performance Results, Analysis, and Lessons Learned
| Expected Result |
Performance Indicator |
Target | Actual Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Nations, communities, and organizations have resources to enable participation in cooperative fisheries and watershed stewardship activities | Number of groups (First Nations, communities organizations) that receive funding through the Pacific Salmon Foundation and T. Buck Suzuki Foundation to support salmon enhancement, fish habitat, and stewardship activities | 70 (2008-10 average) by March 31, 2013 |
Result: 57 Included 56 through the Pacific Salmon Foundation and one through the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation. Lesson Learned: The number of groups receiving funding does not reflect their size or relative contribution to salmon conservation. The foundations, not the Department, determine how many groups receive funding. Therefore, this indicator does not accurately reflect the Department's performance and has been replaced for 2013-14. |
| Contribution agreements with the Pacific Salmon Foundation and T. Buck Suzuki Foundation | Number of community-based watershed stewardship projects supported through Pacific Salmon Foundation funding | 109 (2008-10 average) by March 31, 2013 |
Result: 71 Lesson Learned: The number of projects does not reflect their size or relative contribution to salmon conservation. The foundations, not the Department, determine how many projects receive funding. Therefore, this indicator does not accurately reflect the Department's performance and has been replaced for 2013-14. |
| Number of salmonid enhancement and fish habitat projects supported through T. Buck Suzuki funding | 3 (2008-10 average) by March 31, 2013 |
Result: 3 Lesson Learned: The number of projects does not reflect their size or relative contribution to salmon conservation. The foundations, not the Department, determine how many projects receive funding. Therefore, this indicator does not accurately reflect the Department's performance and has been replaced for 2013-14. |
The Salmonid Enhancement Contribution Programs Sub-Program is part of the Salmonid Enhancement Program.
Contribution Program Evaluation... In 2009-10, the Department completed the Evaluation of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Contributions to the Pacific Salmon Foundation's Community Salmon Program and the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation.
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