About Us
We provide effective and permanent support of Wild Atlantic Salmon Conservation.
The Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon (FCAS) is a registered charitable organization incorporated as a non-profit organization under the Canada Corporations Act.
Our Mission Statement
To promote enhanced community partnerships in the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon and its habitat in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.
Objectives
- To be an effective source of funding for community volunteer organizations in conserving, restoring and protecting wild Atlantic salmon and its habitat.
- To enhance cooperation and partnership between governments, Indigenous organizations. community volunteer groups and others in the interests of conserving, restoring and protecting wild Atlantic salmon and its habitat.
- To promote and improve conservation planning and management at the watershed level as the basis for ensuring effective use of and accountability for funds made available for wild Atlantic salmon conservation initiatives.
- To improve public awareness, education and research respecting the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon and salmon habitat.
Our Team
Charline McCoy
Executive Director
charline@salmonconservation.ca
Charline McCoy
Executive Director
Charline is the Executive Director of the FCAS. Charline is new in her role with the Foundation since July 1, 2022.
Before joining the team at the Foundation, Charline spent the past five years as the Executive Director for the Cities of New Brunswick Association and before that with the Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick. She has also taken on several roles within the provincial government throughout her career. Her broad knowledge of organizations and program management brings many important skills to supporting the work of the Foundation.
Stephen Chase
VP Government Affairs
Stephen Chase
VP Government Affairs
Stephen is the VP Government Affairs of the FCAS. Before joining the Foundation he served in several roles with the Province of New Brunswick rising to the senior program director level. His career subsequently saw him become a Vice-President, Government Relations with the Atlantic Salmon Federation, then as a senior policy officer with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, followed by a term as Executive Director, Government Relations with Canadian Blood Services.
Stephen has a long history of leadership in community service, until recently serving as a City Councillor in Fredericton, NB, and is a member of the Fredericton North Rotary Club. He has been active over many years in several areas of community service including the Fredericton area school board, and various provincial organizations, including a term as President of the New Brunswick Salmon Council.
Board Committees
Investment Committee
R. Bishop (Chair)
R. Lacroix
J. LeBoutillier (expert)
J. Burton (expert)
M-H. Lacroix (expert)
Policy & Program Committee
J. Jones (Chair)
R. Aucoin
J. Girouard
K. Coleman
F. Cheverie
B. Ledgerwood (expert)
K. Paul (expert)
Audit & Finance Committee
M. Delaney (Chair)
R. Bishop
J. Lawley
R. Lacroix
C. McLean (expert)
Executive Support and Nomination Committee
J. Jones (Chair)
R. Lacroix
D. Peter-Paul
J. Girouard
J. LeBoutillier(expert)
Directors of the Board
Rene Aucoin
Cheticamp, NS
Rene Aucoin
Cheticamp, NS
His introduction to fly fishing came at the age of about 14 when he happened upon a group of veteran anglers fly fishing for trout and salmon at the tidal pool on the Cheticamp river. “Their casting with old bamboo rods seemed almost magical.” He was introduced to salmon fishing—and the conservation ethic—a couple of years later by an American tourist angler who spent his summers in the Cheticamp area. “His mantra of catch and release and retiring a fly after it caught a salmon, was quite bewildering to my 16-year-old self who had grown up in a culture of catch everything that the law permitted and sometimes even a bit more.”
Réné is now a certified fly-casting instructor with Fly Fishers International. After university, he founded the Cheticamp River Salmon Association and became a member of the Margaree Salmon Associa
Jim Jones
Moncton, NB
Jim Jones
Moncton, NB
He was also a senior executive with Fisheries and Oceans Canada; serving as Regional Director General for the Gulf Region from 1998 - 2009. Jim served as the head of the Canadian Delegation to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) from 2002 - 2008 and was Chair of Finance for ICCAT from 1997 - 2009. He also served as president of the United Way of Greater Moncton from 2010 to 2013. He holds a BA (Economics) from Memorial University (1974) and a MA (Economics) from the University of Alberta (1976).
James Lawley
Halifax, NS
James Lawley
Halifax, NS
Jim is general manager of Scotia Fuels Ltd., co-owner of Camp Bonaventure Ltd. Commercial Sporting Lodge, founder and part owner of Bonaventure Sporting Lodge on the Bonaventure River, part owner of Salmon Lodge on the Grand Cascapedia River, and part owner and director of Hawke River Outfitters on the Hawke River, NL. Jim is a director with the Nova Scotia Salmon Association, La Have River Salmon Association, and the Atlantic Salmon Federation.
David Peter-Paul
Pabineau First Nation, NB
David Peter-Paul
Pabineau First Nation, NB
David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick. He has worked in a variety of capacities for Aboriginals of First Nation communities throughout the Atlantic region, including community development worker, elected councillor and band manager, Post-Secondary Student Counselor/Director of Education (North Shore Micmac District Council), Chief and CFO of the Pabineau First Nation, and has served on a variety of local, provincial, regional, and national boards and committees. Some of the organizations Chief David has worked with include the Assembly of First Nation Chiefs in New Brunswick, Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs, and the Union of New Brunswick Indians.
Jacqueline Girouard
Ste-Marie-de-Kent, NB
Jacqueline Girouard
Ste-Marie-de-Kent, NB
President, Girouard Consultant
Jacqueline Girouard is a professional industrial engineer and businesswoman. She specializes in business development coaching to New Brunswick manufacturing firms. With over 25 years expertise in time management, project management, strategy planning, technical writing and change management, she has helped businesses improve their performance and make sound investment decisions, through the process of productivity and technology preparedness evaluation and mentoring.
Ms. Girouard has over 25 years of experience with recreational salmon fishing while managing fishing lodges in NB and NL. She is extremely passionate about the Atlantic Salmon conservation work. Some of her current and past work with Atlantic Salmon Conservation include:
• Member of the MSA Executive Committee
• Member of the MSA Moncton Dinner Committee
• FCAS Director, and Policy & Program Committee member, active since 2020
• Member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Atlantic S
Raymond Lacroix
Rimouski, QC
Fred Cheverie
Chepstow, PEI
