Fisheries committee  I have a couple of points on that. As the deputy said, I think the sense is that Bill C-45 would provide some tools to be able to assist with this, but in no way was Bill C-45 specifically drafted in order to deal with the Larocque stuff. We have arrangements with fisheries gr

Fisheries committee  Arnold's Cove was a unique situation, and often with the fisheries there are unique situations. A number of companies came together. There was an agreement by all parties that they knew who they wanted to hold the quota and process the quota. The NLIDC, I think, is the name of th

Fisheries committee  It's 2,000 tonnes, so in terms of order of magnitude, it was significantly different from what we're dealing with today. In any case, it had that unique set of circumstances, and we're looking at today's circumstances, as the deputy said, based on the current arrangements.

Fisheries committee  I have to have more details, but my understanding is that the group that received the allocation or the licence is the NLIDC, which is the Newfoundland and Labrador IDC. I'm not sure what it is, but it's a crown corporation and it subleases to Arnold's Cove; that's the arrangemen

Fisheries committee  I don't know the answer to that.

Fisheries committee  My understanding of the P.E.I. shrimp is that it was simply an allocation by the minister of the day to a consortium in P.E.I., period.

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure if it is.

Fisheries committee  As the deputy minister has said, we are deeply concerned, but in the end, we believe that for the time being this is an issue for the fishers and the processors. As you know, and as the deputy minister has stated, a few of the Quebec boats are unloading their catch in Newfoundlan

Fisheries committee  That's along the lines of the last question as well.

Fisheries committee  These arrangements generally come from sessions that the department has with industry. When we're working with fishermen and developing an integrated fisheries management plan, we generally say, as the department, here's what we can do in terms of conservation, and here's what we

Fisheries committee  I'm not personally, but one of my staff will be there. I'm doing some of the other tours.

Fisheries committee  Fishery is a complex world. In the area 12 crab, there are 27 organizations that represent groups of fishers. That's not including the processors. We now take an “ocean to plate” approach, which means we include processors in the discussions. We have sessions that have everybody

Fisheries committee  The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board is established under the Nunavut land claim. The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement established the NWMB in 1992-93. It is effectively our co-management partner in the land claim settlement area. Now, that takes us just to the 12-mile limit. So

Fisheries committee  If we can also add, we're monitoring the ice conditions really carefully. There have been some favourable winds, but what's happening now is that the ice is breaking up a bit. It's actually moving around and moving in from bay to bay. So it's affecting different bays than it was

Fisheries committee  The issue of salmon hatcheries on the east and west coasts has largely to do with history and how the fisheries have developed. As David would have said last week, it is an order of magnitude issue as well, regarding the west coast commercial fisheries, first nations fisheries,