Rupert Gale
President & Managing Director

Growing up on Saltspring Island, Rupert has a lifelong connection to the BC coast. While attending the University of Victoria, he took a summer job as a fishing guide at Stuart Island which fed his passion for salmon fishing and turned this into a business providing fishing charter services to various lodges in the Stuart Island area for over 20 years. In 2006, Rupert was given an opportunity to pursue his interest in sustainability when he was hired by the Ritchie Foundation. He now provides strategic advice to the David E. Ritchie family on their philanthropic interests on the subject of salmon sustainability in British Columbia. As part of this role, he serves as president and managing director of the Gillard Pass Fisheries Association.

Rupert has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Victoria and attended a graduate program at Simon Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental Management. He has served on the board of directors for several salmon focussed organizations, including: Campbell River Salmon Foundation, Living Rivers – Georgia Basin/Vancouver Island, and the Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences.

In his years with GPFA, Rupert has developed extensive field experience conducting biological sampling, data collection, broodstock capture and related activities as well as managing the complex logistics associated with operating remote mainland inlet watersheds.