Tuesday, December 8. 2020

Today's schedule is: 

9:15 - 11:50 C Block Social and Environmental Sciences 

12:30 - 3:05 B Block Legal Studies 

C Block Social and Environmental Sciences - Today, in the first part of our block, we'll head to room 145 (Benton) where you'll be looking at the Herring Fishery in the Salish Sea from ecological and economical perspectives

Protected Areas in the Georgia Straight

Go to the DFO fishing reg site: https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/a-s14-eng.html

Where are the Rockfish Conservation Areas near Comox Valley and what can’t you do in an RCA?

Where are the Glass Sponge Conservation Areas?

https://georgiastrait.org/glass-sponge-reefs/

What are glass sponges and why is it important to preserve them? What type of fishing is most likely to damage the reefs?

Herring Fishery

Proposal: “10 year ban on commercial herring fishery in Georgia Straight”

Was there an indigenous Herring and Herring Roe fishery in the past? How was the harvest preformed?

Background: https://pacificwild.org/campaign/protect-pacific-herring/

Economics: https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/dfo-sets-salish-sea-herring-harvest-rate-at-20-per-cent/

250-300 word response...Work with a partner to discuss the many arguments for banning the Herring Fishery. Write out your proposal making clear points about the solutions for the economic issues and reasons for preserving the herring stocks from and ecological perspective. Email the document to Benton or hand in a paper copy for each person.. 

After, you'll come to Young (115).The Salish Sea is an inland sea that encompasses Puget Sound, the Georgia Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca (It received its official name back in 2010). The area spans from Olympia, Washington in the south to the Campbell River, British Columbia in the north, and west to Neah Bay and includes the large cities of Seattle and Vancouver. It measures 17,000 sq km and has 7470 km of coastline, with 419 islands and 8 million people calling the region home, including us. In addition, there are 37 species of mammals, 172 species of birds, 247 species of fish, and over 3000 species of invertebrate in the Salish Sea. From the Shaw Center for the Salish Sea:

A bio-rich inland sea and coastal land area of British Columbia and Washington State named for its original habitants,  the Coast Salish Peoples, and known for its keystone animals – the Southern Resident Orca and the Grizzly Bear. The Salish Sea Bioregion is a place where the deep Pacific Ocean meets the nutrient laden waters of the great watershed of the Coast Mountains and its largest river, the Fraser, and where rapidly flowing tidal currents create rich ecosystems supporting substantial animal and plant life.
This is a place of significant heritage and culture where people have interacted with the ocean and watershed for thousands of years and a place now home to 8 million people, including over 70 First Nations. It is a place of competing priorities, intricate ecosystems and compelling stories at the crossroads of ancient pathways and new directions.

Today we'll start with a brainstorming session on what you know about the people, places, and environments of the Salish Sea. Next we'll watch the first 10 minutes of the Living Salish Sea video below:

 

  This Living Salish Sea from Oceanus on Vimeo.

After this you'll get an outline map of the Salish Sea (the map above from Stefan Freelan) and Benton and I will have you fill in some data on it, including the First Nations of the Salish Sea bio-region. 

B Block Legal Studies - We'll start with reviewing the Parks case and then to continue with yesterday, I'll get you to look at the R. v. Williams (2003) case. In terms of the Williams case, another example of an HIV related aggravated sexual assault case involved former CFL athlete Trevis Smith. A review of the decision (sentenced to five and a half years in 2007 and was paroled in 2010) can be found here at CBC News. In terms of Willful Blindness, because of the Sansregret case, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the concepts of recklessness and willful blindness are not the same and that it is wise to keep the two concepts separate. The court then defined each concept as follows (Stuart: 211):

• Recklessness involves knowledge of a danger or risk and persistence in a course of conduct which creates a risk that the prohibited result will occur,
• Willful blindness arises where a person who has become aware of the need for some inquiry declines to make the inquiry because he does not wish to know the truth.

You'll need to finish with working on the Review Your Understanding questions 1-5 on page 130 in the law textbook. A