Fisheries committee  Its value is in the order of $2 billion.

Fisheries committee  According to surveys, it's above $7 billion.

Fisheries committee  Our expenditures are very much a function of the mandate and responsibilities of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Our main focus, of course, is on the management of coastal fisheries. For inland fisheries, the management responsibility has been delegated to inland provin

Fisheries committee  The PICFI and the AICFI programs were initially conceived as five-year programs. As Mr. Huppé has laid out, they sunset at the end of the previous fiscal year. The government decided to extend those programs for one additional year to continue the work that is provided by those p

Fisheries committee  Well, we were responding to a question about conservation and protection of fishery officer presence in P.E.I. The fisheries protection staff are going to be consolidated into the Moncton office.

Fisheries committee  The objective is to consolidate staff into the Moncton office. We're still working through what would be the net reduction in overall complement as a result of this.

Fisheries committee  There will continue to be a conservation and protection presence in Prince Edward Island.

Fisheries committee  We have first about 15 years of data in our information systems that give us a very good appreciation of the kinds of projects, locations, and circumstances that would cause what we call a HADD, or a harmful alteration or destruction of fish habitat. We have a good sense, and tha

Fisheries committee  The department has sent out notices to fishers and letters to fish harvesters around gearing up for the new regime for fishing gear tags. We would agree that the use of tags on lobster traps is an important conservation measure, and that will be continuing. What we're in the mid

Fisheries committee  The project in terms of the removal of smallmouth bass is showing good promise. The catch rates in the second year of that project have reduced, and that's indicative of a reduction of production. There's another year to run on that project. We'll be assessing the results of the

Fisheries committee  I wasn't at that meeting, Minister, but it did take place last week. That meeting was primarily focused on advice around setting TACs for the spring- and fall-spawning herring stocks. Also at that meeting, there was a reporting out of the results of the pilot fishery 4T on the ed

Fisheries committee  At this meeting—

Fisheries committee  The Barry Group has its quotas as a seiner. There has been no creation of quotas as a result of this.

Fisheries committee  The 5,000 tonnes is the allocation this company had in 2011 and will have again in 2012. A mid-water trawl is permitted in the herring fishery and is provided for already in the integrated fish management plan. On the basis of the results of the experiment in 2011, where we disc

Fisheries committee  —a quota they have been provided, which was established within the sustainability limits on the basis of scientific advice, a quota they're provided for. This is in the same way we would work with other gear groups to see how we could find ways and means to improve their ability