Fisheries committee  We have a program to support the divestiture of non-core commercial harbours and all recreational harbours, so that the program can focus on those harbours that are critical to supporting the commercial fishing industry. It would mean that all recreational harbours that remain in

Fisheries committee  As you noted, the pilot project that was carried out this spring was focused on the prospect of the herring seiners being capable of fishing fall-spawning herring in the spring. In a pilot project in the previous year, they had some success in doing so. The allocation they had fo

Fisheries committee  The reports we've had on salmon returns this year indicate that escapement targets will be met in the Yukon River systems, and there has been the opportunity for some commercial, recreational, and aboriginal subsistence fishing on those stocks. It is a situation that is somewha

Fisheries committee  That's another $1 billion.

Fisheries committee  The quota for this project would be within the 5,000 tonnes that are assigned for the project, which is within the allocation that's provided to the Barry Group. There are no additional herring being provided to the seiner group, other than what is already provided for in the man

Fisheries committee  First, science advice tells us that the herring that congregate south of the Magdalen Islands, at the edge of the St. Lawrence Channel, in area 4T, are a mix of fall-spawning herring, and that—

Fisheries committee  It's primarily a mix of fall-spawning herring. This will be the third year of the project. In 2010 this project was able to take primarily fall herring, with a very modest catch of spring-spawning herring, and the seiners used their allocations of spring herring to be able to acc

Fisheries committee  —is that the herring are congregating at lower depths of water. But the current integrated fisheries management plan in fact provides the authority to allow the use of a mid-water trawl in the herring fishery, so this year it's been decided to allow this project to proceed, all w

Fisheries committee  In a general sense, we'd be looking for opportunity for mitigation so that there could be a way forward to allow economic activity to occur, while at the same time protecting a species at risk. That would be the basis of engagement we'd have in this project, as we would with othe

Fisheries committee  Going back to Roch Huppé's presentations on main estimates, there are no reductions to the budgets for the salmon enhancement program. That's a program that is a mix of hatchery operations, semi-natural production, and a lot of collaborative work that's done with community-based

Fisheries committee  I wasn't at that meeting, Minister, but it did take place last week. That meeting was primarily focused on advice around setting TACs for the spring- and fall-spawning herring stocks. Also at that meeting, there was a reporting out of the results of the pilot fishery 4T on the ed

Fisheries committee  At this meeting—

Fisheries committee  The Barry Group has its quotas as a seiner. There has been no creation of quotas as a result of this.

Fisheries committee  The 5,000 tonnes is the allocation this company had in 2011 and will have again in 2012. A mid-water trawl is permitted in the herring fishery and is provided for already in the integrated fish management plan. On the basis of the results of the experiment in 2011, where we disc

Fisheries committee  —a quota they have been provided, which was established within the sustainability limits on the basis of scientific advice, a quota they're provided for. This is in the same way we would work with other gear groups to see how we could find ways and means to improve their ability