Government and NGO Fisheries Partners

	The Ministry of Environment is the responsible for the management of the freshwater fisheries resource. Telephone: 1-800-663-7867
	The mission of the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund is to assist in maintaining the health of natural ecosystems and the productivity and richness of species within these ecosystems. Telephone: 1-800-387-9853 or www.hctf.ca
	Fisheries and Oceans Canada oversees the legislation, management and protection of Canada's Oceans and fisheries. www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
	The Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Initiative brings the combined interests of government, aboriginal, industry, environmental groups, and others to the challenge of building a future for the white sturgeon in the upper Columbia River on both sides of the border. Telephone: 1-888-358-3474 or www.uppercolumbiasturgeon.org
	BC's Family Fishing Weekend is an annual celebration of the great sport of fishing hosted by the Family Fishing Society. During Family Fishing Weekend BC residents can go fishing within the rules in many of B.C.'s lakes, streams and tidal waters. Annually our program attracts an estimated 25,000 people who go fishing during the Family Fishing Weekend around BC.
	The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, along with other State, Federal, and Provincial agencies, is integrally involved in the recovery of Kootenai River white sturgeon listed as endangered in the US since 1994. The Tribe implements a conservation aquaculture program designed to prevent extinction and preserve the existing gene pool of this culturally significant stock of white sturgeon that inhabits the Kootenai/Kootenay River and kootenay Lake. Telephone 1-208-267-3620 or www.kootenai.org