Fisheries committee  Well, I want to see the results of the DFO beneficial ownership survey. I think we've strongly supported that, in part because we believe that foreign ownership, for instance, is not as prevalent as many have suggested, and that where it is, it's with long-standing investments.

Fisheries committee  As everyone has acknowledged, I think the coasts have developed very differently. Changes in licensing policy on this coast have been driven by conservation requirements, as I think one of the DFO speakers alluded to. At the same time, I think that DFO has not always considered

Fisheries committee  Over the last three decades or so we've seen, across the board, a decline in harvest volume of more than a third for all species categories. That's for a range of reasons, from conservation to changing markets, and it's been particularly extreme in the north, with salmon and herr

Fisheries committee  Canfisco is part of the Jim Pattison Group of enterprises.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Hardie, I gave you the number of licences owned by Canfisco and Jim Pattison enterprises. I think that speaks for itself, that they are not the dominant force. If anything, they are probably trying to divest their interests in British Columbia.

Fisheries committee  I think you will.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I can certainly do that, Mr. Arnold.

Fisheries committee  I think we have to go back to what Mr. Waddell said. We need some information about the extent and nature of foreign ownership so that we can decide whether we have an issue here. If we have an issue, what's the problem we want to solve, and what are the mechanics for solving it?

Fisheries committee  We don't know any of that at the moment.

Fisheries committee  I don't think we know where the beneficial ownership of licences on this coast lies, and I think that is the first step in any process.

Fisheries committee  First of all, DFO didn't have any data until it embarked on the survey. Secondly, I was very pleased to hear from Mr. Davis that it appears DFO is going to move towards a public licence and quota registry.

Fisheries committee  I apologize.

Fisheries committee  Good morning from Vancouver, everyone. I'm here for the BC Seafood Alliance. That's an umbrella organization whose 30 members represent fisheries accounting for about 90% of the value of wild seafood from Canada's Pacific coast. Our members are commercial harvester associations

Fisheries committee  We certainly have seen ourselves that, as welcome as the influx of science money has been over the last few years, most of it has gone to ocean science and very little has gone to fisheries science. As I'm sure my colleagues will agree, stock assessment, evaluation of the risk an