Fisheries committee  George is a fisherman, so he's in a better position to answer this, but I will say this about what you're referring to. Every fishery is different, as you well know. Every fishery has different criteria, and I think the most important thing for the committee to remember--and you

Fisheries committee  I'll be really brief. In terms of the consultation process you mentioned--and I don't want to sound like a broken record here today, for fear of repeating myself, but I'm going to--the consultation is totally inadequate. In the Maritimes we're talking about 26,000 fishermen, and

Fisheries committee  I think it's a misnomer to say we're going to meet in the fall and in the spring. Yes, we do. We meet at CMAC, which is not an ideal body for the fishermen or for the fishing industry to go to because you're talking about big shipping, cruise lines, and the list goes on. It's the

Fisheries committee  In this document, I think what we're seeing is an acknowledgement that there should be a relationship between the two groups, perhaps a formal one. As an industry rep, what I'm disappointed about is that we were unaware of this coming. Industry should have been at the table to se

Fisheries committee  I hope so. We arrived on Monday. National CMAC is a four-day process. We arrived Monday afternoon; much to our surprise, an agenda item was an MOU to be signed by the two deputy ministers for Transport Canada and DFO. That memorandum of understanding--if I had my briefcase, I'd

Fisheries committee  I think that is exactly what we're advocating: you will get more buy-in from the industry. Remember, as Gary has said, when you start off a fishery basically with a gun.... It's not that long ago; I can remember when they started the lobster season with literally a gunshot. When

Fisheries committee  Absolutely, and certainly everybody is familiar with the Ryan's Commander incident, and some of those discussions certainly weigh into this. But even when we talk about that, it's important for the committee to realize that there's been quite a disconnect between the two depart

Fisheries committee  Yes, we could.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Lisa. To follow along, we've had a number of letters that came along after the meeting Lisa spoke about where we got the group together, where we got the industry together. Fishermen's associations across the maritime region are extremely concerned about the proposed

Fisheries committee  Slow down, yes.

Fisheries committee  All right, I'll slow down. The proposed regulations as we have them today would cost him $68,000. When he took his vessel to the naval architect, which was commissioned by the Province of New Brunswick, he thought it would be in the neighbourhood of $45,000. He was quite shocke