Northern Plan Area Economic Opportunities and Barriers Study

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Hecate Lowlands • Access to high quality attractions, interaction with the natural environment • Abundance of opportunities for clients • Few development restrictions ( i.e.: no building codes) • Main salmon migratory corridor and routes for all species • Key trout, lingcod, rockfish, pacific cod, halibut, other ground fish, crab, prawns, shrimp, urchin, octopus, clam and mussel • Key marine wildlife viewing (humpback, killer, gray whales, doll porpoise, seal lion colonies, sea otter colonies) • Key terrestrial wildlife viewing areas (Kermode bear) • Key pelagic, migratory and nesting bird colonies for bird watching • Caves, karst, islets, beaches, islands and a wealth of diverse landscape in which to explore offering many experiences for tourists • Recreation areas, provincial parks offer stability of undisturbed landscapes • Trophy fly fishing in many lakes for cutthroat, dolly varden, rainbow, kokanee • River fly fishing for rainbow, dolly varden, cutthroat • Inside passage = high visual quality retention • Long recreational fishing season due to passage of fish on migratory route • High values for kayak and yacht traffic due to close proximity to inside passage, safe harbours and main marine travel corridor • Fiordland and Hakai Recreation areas key destination points • Archipelago values and exposed outercoast shoreline • Very high historical and cultural opportunities that have the potential to be shared (not exploited) with visitors for their values Tourism Opportunities: Outer Coast • consider target client (eco based specific lodge development) • consider funding partnerships with target specific groups (agencies for lodge development) • develop and deliver service oriented training programs that will increase local employment in the industry • encourage existing lodges to hire a larger local component from communities • develop and deliver eco tourism certified nature guide programs • develop and deliver business management programs to ensure the entrepreneurs have the tools to run a successful business • ensure government guaranteed loans are available for business startups • ensure mentoring programs are in place to assist entrepreneur for a one year period • Provincial government (Parks) and local communities work together to allow for park fees to be paid to local communities within the area 17
Hecate Lowlands • ensure that opportunities exist for local nature tour operators ( For example this could be in existing parks with co-management agreements) • develop relationships with existing lodges to offer nature guide services that are used as part of the target clientele package Barriers – Tourism Outer Coast • employment for local communities in existing tourism is minimal, approximately 2% of local people work in the tourism industry in this area • difficulty in finding well trained local people for employment • unwillingness to hire local people even if they are trained • some lodge development restricts other users from beaches (past) • difficulty in getting foreshore leases • difficulty in getting financing for remote lodges • break even is being considered success • high costs of getting clients in and out • government agencies need to provide information on time • poorly timed announcements on closures can kill a business • government not getting sufficient quantities of licenses to lodges in time for sales/ clients • decline in traffic due to coast guard visitation fees • uncertainty in coho fishing limits American visitors • timing of the fish openings • out of area travelers, including Americans only hear “ there are no fish left in BC” • some local communities within the Hecate Lowlands do not have infrastructure in place to accommodate larger group staying longer than a ferry stop. • some local communities have not determined how they want to fit into the tourism industry Threats: Tourism Outer Coast: • lack of inventory on marine fisheries that would determine sustainability of target stock • lack of inventory on coastal birds and plants to determine visitor use impacts especially sea bird nesting colonies • inability to monitor impact on sea otter, sea lion and other sea mammal colonies regarding human disturbance • reluctance to share experience knowledge of historical/ culturally significant areas for fear of exploitation • potential for exploitation of culture if communities do not determine how they want to operate 18
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