Fisheries committee  Our plans are to be working with fleets that are interested in introducing such mechanisms. Our plan is to pursue that where fleets are interested in establishing individual shares. It takes different forms as well, where we have individual quotas. For example, with crab fishin

Fisheries committee  Perhaps I'll deal with some of the fisheries aspects of the question, and then I'll turn things over to Jody with respect to the coast guard. The use of new technologies is a key element of our strategy for modernizing fisheries management and improving the effectiveness and eff

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Given the late start, I'm going to dispense with opening remarks. I'll introduce my colleagues, and then I'd ask Mr. Huppé to give you a bit of an overview of our report on plans and priorities in order to enable the discussion to follow. With us is Trevor

Fisheries committee  As you've noted, this office is being closed. The DFO is a partner in that operation, one of five agencies that have been part of this initiative. Suffice to say, though, that this closure is not going to be something that'll affect our posture in terms of the fish protection pro

Fisheries committee  First, as I think you know, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans does not have a mandate for the promotion of fish or seafood products or aquaculture products. That responsibility is with the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. In the case of lobster, the department

Fisheries committee  The department is continuing with its work with respect to the establishment of marine protected areas. As you may know, there are eight marine protected areas that are currently in place. There are areas of interest that are under development for seven additional areas. In addi

Fisheries committee  Concerning the Pacific salmon conservation stamp, there is a similar program in place involving commercial harvesters in British Columbia who contribute, I believe, something on the order of $10 per harvester towards either the Pacific Salmon Foundation or, if they so elect, the

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the questions. I'm going to respond to the question concerning the Pacific salmon stamp, and others will speak to the rest of your questions. For a number of years we've had an arrangement in place through which a portion of the proceeds of the salmon co

Fisheries committee  This change, more fundamentally, is about seeing that harvesters who participate in fisheries should be taking on responsibility, and cost responsibility, for those measures for their compliance with conservation stipulations, tags being one of those types of requirements, and th

Fisheries committee  Yes. As part of the recovery assessment process, the department looks at the socio-economic considerations that bear on the resource as a factor in determining what would be its ultimate listing status and what recovery measures would be put in place to support the recovery of th

Fisheries committee  We are moving to see that fish harvesters would be responsible for the acquisition of equipment gear tags starting April 1. We have established a protocol with industry. It's on our website. We've been having a number of meetings with industry to explain the requirements of that

Fisheries committee  There are discussions that are under way among fish harvester organizations around measures they may or may not want to come together on and propose to the department, in terms of changes to the management of the fishery, to avoid the kinds of situations that occurred last year i

Fisheries committee  We do science in the freshwater area to some extent. My colleague is going to speak to that. But we are not doing enhancement work on inland species.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's possible, and it certainly would be the direction that we would be headed in with respect to the implementation of the new fisheries protection program, which provides for our ability to enter into partnership arrangements for the development of fisheries resources, t

Fisheries committee  Under the Species at Risk Act, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is responsible for the recovery of aquatic species. Under the program we have, we would be focusing on the recovery of species that have been recommended by COSEWIC as being threatened or at risk, make the determ