Fisheries committee  Could I add to that?

Fisheries committee  There are a couple of other issues. The screening level does not provide any funding at all for public participation in that process. What you're really dealing with is a very small community, in many ways without scientific expertise, that's expected to be able to comment on a v

Fisheries committee  There is another example, Mr. Kamp. I can't give you the specific details, but certainly we know for a fact, both in Nova Scotia and also in New Brunswick, that farming of sea urchins...they will not be bought by the Japanese market if that occurs within a certain distance from a

Fisheries committee  You're obviously aware of the court case and the position we've taken on the alliance, as well as the Atlantic Salmon Federation. On what's really important to us, we do not believe that the regulatory regime in place in Nova Scotia is strong enough. There's some hope that the fe

Fisheries committee  What specific options or alternatives are you thinking of?

Fisheries committee  I think one of the other comments was to the issue of displacement and in terms of jobs. Just in our community alone, as Karen has mentioned, there are 210 people directly employed by the lobster fishery alone on our two islands. With the particular lease applications approved fo

Fisheries committee  I think that would be a question you should pose to the Atlantic Salmon Federation. I think they'd be able to speak to that quite well.

Fisheries committee  I really don't think we could speak to that issue. As you've indicated, that's not where we're from, and neither are we the scientists who are looking at that on the west coast.

Fisheries committee  I guess in that particular case, we're the same as probably you are in terms of some of the literature that's out there. The point that Karen made earlier, and I think you've used the word yourself, is that the perception issue is as important as the facts in this case. We know

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Easter. No, we don't think it was balanced. So often we use the term David and Goliath, because that's what it felt like. I'm repeating myself here, but they come from a community of 700 people, they come from a community of fishermen. Not to put down

Fisheries committee  No, they did not. In fact, the scientific information that was looked at by DFO was scientific information that was provided by the proponent. The assessment undertaken by the proponent looked at the impact that the environment would have on their proposal, not the impact that t

Fisheries committee  We asked that very question and the answer back to us was that no one is responsible at all.

Fisheries committee  I'm not aware of any, no.

Fisheries committee  I think the issue of costs is quite interesting. As was mentioned by the previous member of Parliament, there are a number of very successful land-based closed containment fish farms. In fact, right now, one in Nova Scotia is selling its fish around the world. It's another halibu

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure about your question. Maybe you could phrase it differently.