Mr. Speaker, I rise again to encourage the government in its efforts to develop sustainable domestic and international fish stocks management policies. We need to put our own house in order in the inland and marine fisheries so that we can ratify the United Nations convention on the law of the sea in the near future.
In the meantime, we should surpass the standards set by the FAO code of conduct for responsible fisheries.
We should also use all our influence to gain full international recognition for the agreement on straddling stocks and highly migratory fish.
The policies and achievements of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans last year gave us a position of moral leadership in global fish stocks management. We should work to retain that position.