Fisheries committee  Yes, our rates are the same as for any boat that ties up to a Transport Canada wharf: so many cents per metre. I have boats that are 45 feet long, which equals $200 per month, and I am there eight or nine months per year. Transport Canada wants to divest of the Carleton wharf be

Fisheries committee  In Carleton, we tried to create a harbour authority for the small spur wharf that houses two boats, but since it was too small, we did not. The problem is that we have no services, and thus there is no harbour authority.

Fisheries committee  For aquaculture activities, I wish we had a harbour authority, but I don't have a wharf.

Fisheries committee  In Carleton, I don't understand why there is no agreement, because there is no other activity on that wharf. Transport Canada wanted to transfer the wharf to the municipality, but it did not do so. In Gaspé, there will be other activities, but as Jacques mentioned earlier, we don

Fisheries committee  I am currently in the process of applying for a site. I submitted an application over a year ago, and the process is still not completed.

Fisheries committee  To the two levels of government, but it is especially at the federal level that things are bogged down. It is especially due to the fact that we are joint users of the public resource, that is, there are fishers, aquaculturists, etc. Therefore, links must be established between t

Fisheries committee  In both cases, in Carleton and in Gaspé, the wharves are side by side. The Fisheries and Oceans Canada wharf in Carleton is right beside the Transport Canada wharf. Here, in Gaspé, they were also side by side. With the streamlining of small craft harbours done by Fisheries and Oc

Fisheries committee  On the economic side, of course, there is the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. There is a little work to be done to tie things down there. When we compare the financial services of our neighbours in the Maritimes with what we have, we see the dif

Fisheries committee  This is a political issue. We are talking about federal infrastructure. So there is no provincial investment. The province provides its assistance for many other things, but the harbour infrastructure comes under the responsibility of the federal government. So there is no suppor

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Fisheries committee  At a meeting held recently in Gaspé, the Transport Canada representatives told us clearly that they tolerated us on their wharves. So we are making our presence felt. We have no choice. There is an emerging industry at stake. The aquaculture industry in Quebec is still in its in

Fisheries committee  Those are the predictions of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO. On the global scale, aquaculture, to a certain extent, is compensating for the depletion of fish stocks. This is not a matter of competition, but simply that there is a market for seafood, but almost eve

Fisheries committee  I am a mussels farmer and I work from two docks. Therefore, I have two boats: one in Carleton, and the other here in Gaspé. In Carleton, I have a fishing dock but it is a very small spur wharf large enough for only two boats. Right now, there are seven mussels vessels in Carleton

Fisheries committee  Yes, as in many other places, we have to deal with invasive species. However, we have not yet had to deal with major species from Prince Edward Island, such as the tunicate. We are above all concerned with marine traffic. Last year, in the Magdalen Islands, when a Transport Cana

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon. My name is Stéphane Morissette and I am the Vice-President of the Regroupement des mariculteurs du Québec. The development of aquaculture in Quebec has been following a global trend that, over the next few years, will see aquaculture products displacing products