Mr. Speaker, the next NAFO meetings will be held in September in Spain. The Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans tabled a unanimous report recommending that Canada withdraw from NAFO and take custodial management over the nose and tail of the Grand Banks and the Flemish Cap.
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans rejected the report without even reading it.
What kind of message will this send to the countries who pillage our resources? Come on folks, it is open season on the Grand Banks.
The minister also said that Russia would take action against the Olga which was caught overfishing in the NAFO zone. It said that the boat would not be allowed to fish in the zone for a year. Well the Olga is out fishing there today.
Maybe the minister should get a new job, buy a dory and head for the Grand Banks.