Resource: Cohen Aquaculture Evidentiary Documents

The following is a list of key documents examined during the Disease and Aquaculture evidentiary hearings for the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.  For a complete list of all exhibits, see the Cohen Commission’s website.  For more information and daily updates from these hearings, see the Cohen Aquaculture Daily presented by Watershed Watch and the SOS Marine Conservation Foundation.

December 19, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click December 19th at this link on the Cohen Commission website

• Exhibit #2118 – Series of emails btw F Kibenge and S Jones, with attached untitled documents, May-Dec 2003 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2119 – Memo to the Minister (For Info) – Complementary Surveillance Effort in Cultured and Wild Salmonid Species in BC, Dec 2011 [CFIA] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2120 – Email from B Evans to C Kiley and K Klotins re Fwd ISA Virus BC, with attached letter from OIE to A Morton, Nov 30 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2121 – CFIA – Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory Assessment Working Group – National Emergency Response Team (NERT), Draft Nov 10 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2122 – Summary of Info from a Document Review and On-Site Visit (Nov 18 2011) for the ISA OIE Reference Lab at Atlantic Veterinary College – NonRT
• Exhibit #2123 – LC840 Data Analysis of ISAV Testing at AVC, Nov 29 2011 [PowerPoint]- NonRT
• Exhibit #2124 – Email from P Wright to N Gagne et al, re Paper Authored by Molly Kibenge et al, Dec 2 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2125 – Email from N Gagne to self re Latest Tests on 2004 Molly Kibenge’s Samples, with 5 Attachments, Dec 9 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2126 – CFIA Call Log, Answered by Ray Fletcher, Ref No AQAH-DDC-MN-064609, Nov 30 2011 [CFIA] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2126A – Addendum to Exh 2126 – Email from G Grande-McNeill [DOJ], Providing Text Missing from Call Log in Exh 2126, Dec 19, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2127 – Umbrella MOU between DFO and CFIA on Development and Implementation of a National Aquatic Health Program, unsigned version, Dec 12, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2131 – Joint Letter of Cooperation on Fish Disease Mgmt, between DFO and CFIA, Nov 18, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2133 – Email from N Gagne to self re ISAV Test Results, Case 2011-261, Samples of RNA Submitted from Kristi Miller, with 10 Attachments, Dec 9 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2135 – [Formerly For ID SSS] – Email from T Davis to K Klotins and V Pedersen, re DFO Lab Discussion, Oct 20 2011, with attached PCR Checklist – NonRT
• Exhibit #2136 – Email from P Wright to S Johnson et al, re Inconclusive as a [sic] Interpretation, Nov 18 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2137 – Email from B Blom to C Kiley re Fwd – Urgent, Draft Letter Required ASAP Please, Nov 7 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2140 – Email from M Kibenge to S Jones re ISAV Sequences, Mar 5 2004 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2144 – [Formerly For ID RRR] – Email from K Klotins to F Kibenge et al, re BC Parliament – CFIA, ISA, UPEI, SFU and Winton, Oct 20, 2011 [redacted] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2145 – Email from L Hawley to K Garver et al, er Georgia Straight Sockeye – ISA Screening Update, Nov 9 2011 – NonRT

 

December 16, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click December 16th at this link on the Cohen Commission website

• Exhibit #2089 – Press Release – Statement from the Minister of DFO and BC Minister of Agriculture, on New Test Results Indicating that there are No Confirmed Cases of ISA in BC Salmon, Nov 9 2011 [webpage as of Nov 2
• Exhibit #2090 – Press Release – Canada Completes ISA Testing – No Confirmed Cases in BC Salmon, Dec 2 2011 [webpage as of Dec 2 2011] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2091 – Walling, Government Agencies Working Diligently to Protect Salmon, Vancouver Sun Letters, Nov 24 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2093 – Wild Sampling in Support of the NAAHP – Proposed DFO Activities for 2007-08- CAN496839
• Exhibit #2094 – Speaking for the Salmon, Invitational Scientists’ Think Tank – Managing for Uncertainty – Pathogens and Diseases in PAcific Salmon, Dec 7 2011 [SFU] – NonRT

 

December 15, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click December 15th at this link on the Cohen Commission website

• Exhibit #2004 – Statement – Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Dec. 2, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2005 – Content of Information to Provide from an OIE Reference Laboratory – Oct. 15, 2011 – CCI001558
• Exhibit #2015 – Testing of gill samples from juvenile Oncorhynchus nerka (sockeye salmon) collected in Rivers Inlet on the central coast of BC – Nov. 2, 2011 – CCI001644
• Exhibit #2016 – Testing of gill and heart samples from salmonids collected in BC – AQU000325
• Exhibit #2021 – No Confirmed Cases of Infectious Salmon Anaemia in BC – Nov. 9, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2028 – Federal Investigation into ISAv in BC Salmon – Oct. 24, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2031 – Testing of gill and heart samples from smolt and herring collected in BC – Nov. 8, 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2042 – Prevalence of ISAV identified Using 5 Distinct TaqMan Assays in Gill Tissue from 2007-2010, [Graphs] NonRT
• Exhibit #2045 – Email thread btw M Kibenge and S Jones re Paper, ending on Nov 14 2011, with attached paper, Asymptomatic ISA in Juvenile Oncorhyncus Species from the Northest Pacific Ocean, undated – CCI001528
• Exhibit #2048 – Email thread btw K Kaukinen and G Marty et al re ACRDP Creative Salmon Array Information, ending Oct 25 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2049 – ISAV – AHC (Real-Time Assay), using Wegener Primers and Probe, undated – NonRT
• Exhibit #2051 – Presentation to Fish Health Group on Status of Molecular Screening for Orthomyxoviruses Performed by the Molecular Genetics Laboratory – Nov 24, 2011 – DFO602200
• Exhibit #2052 – Identification of the ISAv7 Genomic Expression Profile in the 07-10 44K Liver Microarray Data – Dec 7, 2011 – DFO603123
• Exhibit #2053 – Creative Salmon ISA Test Results – NonRT
• Exhibit #2054 – ISAV Prevalence in 1980 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2055 – Email from K. Miller-Saunders to S. Stephen, More results for orthomyxo primers – Jan 1, 2001 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2056 – Notes from November 18 and 24 2011 Briefings on ISA testing results being conducted in the Molecular Genetics Laboratory – DFO602201
• Exhibit #2060 – Miller, Test Results of 96 Samples with All Five Primer Sets [Excel] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2061 – Miller, Test Results from the 7900, undated [Excel] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2063 – Miller, Test Results of Second Analysis, undated [Excel] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2064 – Email from M Saunders to K Miller-Saunders et al, re Research and Monitoring Plan related to ISA, Dec 8 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2065 – DFO Pacific Region ISAV, IHNV and IPNV Survey Goals, undated – NonRT
• Exhibit #2066 – Email from L Hawley to K Garver re Sequencher [sic] Project, with attached graph entitled ISAV Segment 8, Nov 21 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2067 – Email exchange btw L Hawley, N Gagne and C Crystal re ISAV Proficiency Panel, ending on Aug 30 2011, with 2 attachments – NonRT
• Exhibit #2068 – Email from C Crystal to L Hawley et al, re ISAV Proficiency Panel, Sep 9 2011, with attached report entitled MXPro – MX3000P [cf Exh 2067], – NonRT
• Exhibit #2074 – ISA Laboratory Assessment – NAAHLS Laboratory, Global Fisheries Center, DFO, Draft, Dec 2011 [CFIA] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2075 – ISA Laboratory Assessment – ISA OIE Reference Laboratory, Atlantic Veterinary College, Draft, Dec 14 2011 [CFIA] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2077 – Marty, Histopathology of Chinook Salmon Sampled as Part of a Study into the Cause of Jaundic Syndrome, undated [Excel] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2078 – Marty, Evidence that Jaundice Syndrome in Farmed Chinook Salmon is Not Associated with Positive PCR Test Results for ISAV, Dec 14 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2079 – All ISAV Tested Samples – January 2011 to Present [Excel] – NonRT
• Exhibit #2081 – Letter from M E Walling, BCSFA to K Ashfield, Minister DFO, Nov 25 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2082 – Email exchange btw G Marty, K Klotins et al re Will ISAV PCR Tests Run by the BC Animal Health Centre Detect All Strain of ISAV, ending on Aug 12 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2083 – Email from S Stephen to B Evans et al, re Positive Finding of ISAV, Nov 27 2009 – CAN174359
• Exhibit #2084 – Email thread btw M E Walling, K Miller-Saunders et al, re Proposal, ending on Oct 4 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #2085 – US 112th Congress, Sen Durbin for Sen Cantwell, HR 2112, Amendment SA 893-To Direct the NAAHTF to Assess the Risk ISA Poses to Wild Pacific Salmon and the Coastal Economies which Rely on Them – NonRT

 

September 8, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click September 8th at this link on the Cohen Commission website

• Exhibit #1831 – Shea, Draft Memorandum to Cabinet, Partnership Fund to Pilot Closed Containment Aquaculture Technology – CAN024001

 

September 7, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click September 7th at this link on the Cohen Commission website

• Exhibit #1806 – Email from B. Riddell to A. Cass et al, Cultus Lake Prespawning Mortality 2006, Dec 8 2006 – CAN1088807
• Exhibit #1813 – Fisheries and Oceans, Physiological Control of Entry Timing and Fate – CAN006139

 

September 6, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click September 6th at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1787 – Krkosek et al, Dynamics of outbreak and control of salmon lice on two salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago, BC – CAN382419

 

September 1, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click September 1st at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1723 – Email from Lewis to Higgins et al, FW: Aquaculture incidents: note Gold River MM comments protected B, Mar 1 2010 – CAN458586
• Exhibit #1724 – Email from Ford to Taekema and Porter RE: Further – sorry for the bits and pieces, Sept 12 2010 – CAN488547
• Exhibit #1727 – Email from Rosenburger to B. Hargreaves etal, Re: Urgent-science budget impacts, Jun 16 2010 – CAN161834

 

August 31, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click August 31st at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1697 – DFO Aquaculture Communications Overview, July 7 2008 – CAN03129

 

August 30, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click August 30th at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1631 – Porter, Audit of the Management of Salmon Aquaculture for the Protection of Wild Salmon in BC, May 9 2006 – CAN040202
• Exhibit #1634 – Canadian Fish and Seafood Sustainability Briefings-Proposal – CAN019647
• Exhibit #1635 – From N. Fowler to S. Lindale et al, RE: US Senators and BC Fish Farms, Apr 14 2008 – CAN132426
• Exhibit #1636 – Email from S. Ford to A. Thomson et al, Re: letter to MAL from BCSFA re information release and further consequences – CAN288659
• Exhibit #1637 – DFO National Aquaculture Communications and Outreach Approach – CAN023966

 

August 29, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click August 29th at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1562 – Fish Farm Population Data [Excel] – CCI001187
• Exhibit #1565 – Provincial Codes for Disease, Farms Names, Histology – BCP001645
• Exhibit #1566 – Fish Health Protection Regulations Manual of Compliance, rev 2004 [DFO Misc Special Publication 31 (Revised)] – NonRT
• Exhibit #1567 – International Response to Infectious Salmon Anemia: Prevention, Control and Eradication, pp 26-30 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1568 – Email from G Marty to K Miller-Saunders, re Final Unblinded FR Sockeye Histopathology Results 2011-2111 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1569 – Memo from D Noakes to J Davis et al, re DFO Fish Health Submission to EA Review, Dec 11 1996 – AQU000180
• Exhibit #1570 – Connors et al, Predation Intensifies Parasite Exposure in a Salmonid Food Chain, 2010 [Journal of Applied Ecology] – NonRT
• Exhibit #1571 – Costello, How Sea Lice from Salmon Farms May Cause Wild Salmonid Declines in Europe and NA and Be a Threat to Fishes Elsewhere, Jul 8 2009 [Proceedings of RSBS] – CAN181740
• Exhibit #1572 – Barker et al, Preliminary Studies on the Isolation of Bacteria from Sea Lice Infecting Farmed Salmon in BC, Canada, Jun 30 2009 [Parasitol Res] – CAN185240
• Exhibit #1576 – Pacific Aquaculture Regulations: Approach on the Use of Light, undated – NonRT

 

August 26, 2011 – for full listing of exhibits, click August 26th at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit PPR20 – PPR 20 – Aquaculture Regulation in British Columbia, Jul 28 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1543 – (formerly SS) – Korman, Cohen Commission Technical Report 5A, Summary of Info for Evaluating Impacts of Salmon Farms on Survival of FRSS, May 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1545 – (formerly UU) – Connors, Cohen Commission Technical Report 5B, Examination of Relationships btw Salmon Aquaculture and Sockeye Salmon Population Dynamics, Jun 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1553 – Morton et al, Sea Louse Infestation in Wild Juvenile Salmon and Pacific Herring assoc’d with Fish farms off the East-Central Coast of Vancouver Island BC, Mar 31 2008 [NAJFM] – CAN142724
• Exhibit #1554 – Connors et al, Coho Salmon Productivity in Relation to Salmon Lice from Infected Prey and Salmon Farms, 2010 [Journal of Applied Ecology] – NonRT
• Exhibit #1555 – Marty et al, Relationship of Farm Salmon, Sea Lice and Wild Salmon Populations, 2010 [PNAS] – BCS003385
• Exhibit #1556 – Krkosek et al, Effects of Parasites from Salmon Farms on Productivity of Wild Salmon, 2010 [PNAS] – NonRT
• Exhibit #1557 – Morton et al, Sea Lice Dispersion and Salmon Survival in Relation to Salmon Farm Activity in the Broughton Archipelago, Oct 2011 [ICES Journal of Marine Science] – BCP1001943
• Exhibit #1558 – Johnson et al, Comparative Susceptibility and Histopathology of the Response of Native Atlantic, Chinook and Coho Salmon to Experimental Infection with Leps, Dec 15 1992 [Dis aquat Org] – CCI000539
• Exhibit #1559 – Johnson et al, Disease Induced by the Sea Louse in Wild Sockeye Salmon stocks of Alberni Inlet, BC, 1996 [Can J Fish Aquat Sci] – CAN185242

 

August 25, 2011 – for full listing of exhibits, click August 25th at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• • Exhibit #1525 – Email From K Miller-Saunders To M Saunders, Oct 8 2009 – CAN088642
  • Exhibit #1526 – Risks of IHNV dispersion associated with aquaculture – CAN489737
  • Exhibit #1528 – Email From K Miller-Saunders To K Garver, Nov 12 2008 – CAN489959
  • Exhibit #1529 – Indications of a Possibility of Infectious Diseases Associated With Poor Survival of Southern BC Salmon Stocks – DFO598977
  • Exhibit #1530 – Email From K Miller Saunders, To G Marty, Final unbinded FR sockeye histopathology results, Jun 27 2011 – DFO598952
  • Exhibit #1531 – Email From L Richards to K Miller-Saunders, Media requests – science paper – DFO590226

 

August 24, 2011 – for full listing of exhibits, click August 24th at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1512 – Hypothesis – Genomic Data Indicate a Potenially Novel Disease – CAN464339
• Exhibit #1513 – Miller, Genomic Studies Suggest a Novel Disease Affecting Sockeye, Apr 15 2011 – CAN464336
• Exhibit #1516 – Epidemic of a Novel, Cancer-Causing Viral Disease – CAN473077
• Exhibit #1521 – Miller, Hypothesis – Genomic Studies Suggest That Some Disease has Infected Sockeye – CAN464338
• Exhibit #1522 – Miller, Timeline of Genomic Research relating to the Mortality-related Genomic Signature With Projections Through July 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1523 – Miller, Epidemic of a Novel, Cancer-causing Viral Disease, Oct 7 2009 – CAN006145

 

August 23, 2011 – for a full listing of exhibits, click August 23rd at this link on the Cohen Commission website.

• Exhibit #1481 – Price et al, Evidence of Farm-Induced Parasite Infestations on Wild Juvenile Salmon of Coastal BC – AQU000244
• Exhibit #1487 – Ford, Myers, A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids – AQU000262
• Exhibit #1494 – Kent, The Impact of Diseases of Pen-Reared Salmonids on Coastal Marine Environments – NonRT
• Exhibit #1500 – Email from K Miller-Saunders to C MacWilliams re Testing of Atlantic Salmon, Jul 29 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1501 – Email from K Miller-Saunders to S Johnson re Testing Atlantic Salmon for Parvovirus, Jul 29 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1502 – Vike, Nylund & Nylund – ISA Virus in Chile: Evidence of Vertical Transmission, Nov 26 2008 [Archives of Virology] – NonRT
• Exhibit #1503 – 2002 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000286
• Exhibit #1504 – 2003 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000287
• Exhibit #1505 – 2004 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000283
• Exhibit #1506 – 2005 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000284
• Exhibit #1507 – 2006 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000285
• Exhibit #1508 – 2007 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000281
• Exhibit #1498 – 2008 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000282
• Exhibit #1509 – 2009 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] – BCS000288
• Exhibit #1497 – 2010 BC Salmon Farming Database [Excel] – BCS000289

 

August 22, 2011 – Updated from the Cohen Commission website; for full listing of exhibits, click August 22nd at this link.

• Exhibit #1449 – Cohen Commission Technical Report 1 – Infectious Diseases and Potential Impacts on Survival of FRSS, Feb 2011 – CCI001131
• Exhibit #1454 – Cohen Commission Technical Report 1A – Hatchery Diseases, Jul 2011 – NonRT
• Exhibit #1476 – Price et al, Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada’s West Coast, Feb 2011 – NonR