The Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast, or MaPP, is a unique collaboration between the Province of British Columbia and 17 First Nations governments that developed marine plans for B.C.’s North Pacific coastal waters.
During marine plan development, the partnership was represented in each tier of the MaPP governance structure. See detailed descriptions below the graphic. Click on each button in the graphic to see the membership of the selected team or committee.
Executive Committee Members
Robert Grodecki — Executive Director, North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
Tim Sheldan — Deputy Minister, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Dallas Smith — President, Nanwakolas Council
Art Sterritt — Executive Director, Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative
Marine Working Group
Merv Child — Executive Director, Nanwakolas Council
Robert Grodecki — Executive Director, North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
Allan Lidstone — Director, Resource Management Objectives Branch, Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Doug Neasloss — Chief Councilor, Kitasoo/Xai'Xais Nation, Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance
Trevor Russ — Vice-president, Haida Nation
Garry Wouters — Policy Consultant, Coastal First Nations
Marine Coordination Team
John Bones — Nanwakolas Council
Steve Diggon — Coastal First Nations
Matthew Justice — Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Charlie Short — Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Regional Planning Team
Led by the Marine Coordination Team
John Bones — Nanwakolas Council
Steve Diggon — Coastal First Nations
Matthew Justice — Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Charlie Short — Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Haida Gwaii Technical Team
Russ Jones — Haida Gwaii First Nations Co-Lead
Berry Wijdeven — Haida Gwaii Government of B.C. Co-Lead
North Coast Technical Team
Steve Kachanoski — North Coast Government of B.C. Co-Lead
Craig Outhet — North Coast First Nations Co-Lead
Central Coast Technical Team
Sally Cargill — Central Coast Government of B.C. Co-Lead
Gord McGee — Central Coast First Nations Co-Lead
North Vancouver Island Technical Team
John Bones — North Vancouver Island First Nations Co-Lead
Matthew Justice — North Vancouver Island Government B.C. Co-Lead
Science Advisory Committee
Natalie Ban — Conservation, Sustainable Use
Rosaline Canessa — Biological Sciences (spatial planning, marine biology)
Charles (Bud) Ehler — Marine Planning
Wolfgang Haider — Socio–economics (resource management)
Phil Levin — Biological Sciences (ecosystems)
Gordon Munro — Economics (fisheries)
Nancy Turner — Traditional Knowledge
Frank Whitney — Physical Sciences (Oceanography)
Spencer Wood — Biological Sciences (ecosystem services, models)
Regional Marine Advisory Committee
Jim Abram, Jude Schooner* — Regional Gov't — Strathcona RD
Karl Bergman — Regional Gov't — Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD (Mainland)
Sam Bowman — Shellfish Aquaculture
George Cuthbert — Recreational Angling
Nick Heath — Public Recreation
Kim Johnson, Greg Hayden — Non–renewable Energy
Brian Lande — Regional Gov't — Central Coast RD
Evan Loveless, Mairi Edgar — Commercial Tourism
Jim McIsaac, Dan Edwards* — Commercial Fisheries
Richard Opala, David Minato* — Finfish Aquaculture
Ian Gould — Regional Gov't — Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD (Haida Gwaii)
Adrian Rowland — Transportation/Infrastructure
Heidi Soltau, Doug Aberly* — Regional Gov't — RD Mt Waddington
Bruce Storry — Coastal Forestry
Andrew Webber — Regional Gov't — Kitimat Stikine RD
Kim Wright, Anu Rao* — Marine Conservation
*alternates
Haida Gwaii Marine Advisory Committee
Judson Brown — Marine Tourism Management, Marine Science
Laverne Davies — Community Member
Doug Daugert — Recreational Fishing
Lindsey Doerksen — Commercial Fishing
Jim McIsaac — Commercial Fishing
Sabine Jessen — Conservation
Lynn Lee — Marine Science
John McCulloch — Marine Tourism — Recreational Fishing
Mike McGuire — Marine Transport
Tony Pitcher — Academic
Barb Rowsell — Tourism Operator
Leandre Vigneault — Tourism Operator, Marine Science
Bill White — Fish Processing
Allan Wilson — Elder
North Coast Marine Plan Advisory Committee
Mike Ambach, Hussein Alidina* — Marine Conservation
Jeff Beckwith — Public Recreational Angling
Karl Bergman — Local Government — Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD (North Coast)
Henry Clifton, Dan Edwards* — Commercial Fisheries
Paul Kariya* — Renewable Energy
Charles Justice, Nick Heath* — Public Recreation
Herman Meuter, Janie Wray* — Marine Related Academia
Dave Nicholson, Mike Viverios* — Coastal Forestry
Evan Loveless, Mairi Edgar* — Commercial Tourism
Vittorio Venturini — Aquaculture
Andrew Webber — Local Government — Kitimat Stikine RD
*alternates
Central Coast Marine Plan Advisory Committee
Greta Geankoplis — Renewable Energy
Janice Kyle, Nick Heath* — Public Recreation
Brian Lande, Alison Sayers* — Local Government — Central Coast RD
Evan Loveless, Mairi Edgar* — Commercial Tourism
Ian McAllister/Diana Chan, Karin Bodtker* — Marine Conservation
Kim Olsen, Jim McIsaac* — Commercial Fisheries
Richard Opala, Les Neasloss* — Finfish Aquaculture
Mike Pfortmueller, Sid Keay* — Commercial Recreational Fisheries
Anne Salomon — Marine Academic
Warren Warttig, Hans Granander* — Coastal Forestry
Gary Wilson, Roberta Stevenson* — Shellfish Aquaculture
*alternates
North Vancouver Island Marine Plan Advisory Committee
Jim Abram, Jude Schooner* — Local Government — Strathcona RD
Gord Curry, Kat Middleton*, Panos Grames* — Marine Conservation
Dan Edwards, Kim Olsen* — Commercial Fisheries
Paul Kariya, Ellen Bird* — Renewable Energy
Brian Kingzette, Michele Patterson — Shellfish Aquaculture
Dwayne Mustard — Recreational Fishing Services
Richard Opala, David Minato* — Finfish Aquaculture
Rick Snowdon — Commercial Tourism
Heidi Soltau, Doug Aberly* — Local Government — RD Mt Waddington
Bruce Storry, Jonathan Armstrong* — Coastal Forestry
Alan Thomson, Nick Heath* — Public Recreation
*alternates
The Executive Committee was the integrated decision-making committee for the MaPP initiative. Partner representatives on the Executive Committee were signatories to the Letter of Intent that formalized the MaPP initiative in November 2011.
The Marine Working Group was the high-level advisory body for the initiative, with representatives from the Province of British Columbia, Coastal First Nations, North Coast — Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society and Nanwakolas Council (the partners).
The Marine Coordination Team (MCT) was the coordinating body for the initiative. It guided the technical teams and reported to the Marine Working Group.
The MaPP Technical Team was divided into four sub-regional teams. Two co-leads, who represented the two partner groups, led each sub-regional planning team. They were responsible for the development of the sub-regional plans. The sub-regional co-leads worked with a technical planning team composed of marine planning and geographic information system (GIS) experts. Their work was coordinated by a marine scientist and was supported by the best available traditional and local knowledge, scientific data and technical information. The MCT led the regional planning team.
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) was a scientific body that provided multidisciplinary technical and scientific knowledge and advice necessary to assist the initiative in meeting its objectives.
The Marine Advisory Committee (MAC) and Marine Planning Advisory Committees (MPAC) provided input and advice to the MaPP process. They met approximately every two months to discuss and provide input into the sub-regional marine plans.
The Regional Marine Advisory Committee (RMAC) met less frequently to discuss and provide input into a regional action framework that includes broad frameworks and regional strategies. All advisory committee members provided representation for a wide variety of marine uses and activities including commercial businesses and industries, local government, marine conservation, academic institutions, non-commercial users, and local communities.
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