Fisheries committee  There are a number of functions to which these vessels are put. The first and the critical, and most important part is the fisheries survey, so that we can determine, to the best of our ability, what fish are in the sea, where, what numbers, what trends, and so on. We have a ve

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for that question. With respect to the Mersey River station, I think you're quite right. What we've done is consolidated our operations there into two other sites.

Fisheries committee  That transformation has taken place. We're now in a position where we're moving forward with a consolidated approach to the restoration of that particular species. We will see over time if there's a need to continue to diversify the operations that are in place in Mactaquac and

Fisheries committee  I couldn't hear the final question properly.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Minister. As the minister has indicated, at the northern shrimp advisory committee meeting we tabled all the science we have. All of the findings of our stock assessment and stock surveys were tabled at that time, and essentially what we presented was new data in the

Fisheries committee  Well, we've tabled already the northern...but we certainly could table that which we tabled at the advisory committee. I don't see a problem with that.

Fisheries committee  I can talk about the science aspects of it. With respect to the infrastructure commentary around the $80 million, there are a number of different things. We operate, as you know, out of 11 major research institutions across the country. They are a variety of laboratory and opera

Fisheries committee  Dr. Miller's work is indeed world class. She's part of a comprehensive team. She's part of a big lab, and she's by no means working alone. Her work is, as you've already described, really important in enhancing our ability to understand interactions between wild and farmed animal

Fisheries committee  Thanks, Deputy. There are a couple of things to say in response to the idea of involvement in not only the allocation of some of the resources the deputy's spoken to but science in general in the department. All science that's effective is done in partnership with others. No on

Fisheries committee  There are a number of aspects to that. I apologize for not having the figure in our overall budget handout. I wanted to get that—

Fisheries committee  Not a problem, we can do that. Essentially the key thing is that many of the resources that we have available in the science sector now are focused very much on oil spill preparedness, response, and understanding things like and including Bunker C. We look at three things: how s

Fisheries committee  That work is proceeding, as you know. It's being done in a collaborative way, primarily with the Pacific Salmon Foundation, but not entirely. They are, if you will, the project coordinator and leader. Many parties, including DFO, are contributing to it. Essentially, there are th

Fisheries committee  I guess I'd say a couple of things in response to that. First, I would echo Kevin Stringer's comment to the effect that, just to be clear, there's nothing in the supplementary (C)s that addresses those issues materially, if there's any question about how that links. With respec

Fisheries committee  It does.

Fisheries committee  There are a number of areas where our research is targeting that broad geographic area that some people call the Salish Sea. You can use whatever geographic boundary you like. Essentially, I would describe it as a focal point of our science program that tends to fall in three ma