Fisheries committee  I'll start, and then Jamie can pursue it. Generally, I think, on an issue like escape and sea lice, which are the two main issues we face in aquaculture, in all of these countries--except maybe the United States, because the scale of their production is smaller--we're in continu

Fisheries committee  I just wanted to say that with sea lice it's slightly different, because they react differently to water temperature. In Norway, where the temperature of the water is colder, they currently have less sea lice than we do. On the west coast, we haven't seen the same number of sea l

Fisheries committee  I think generally we are, yes.

Fisheries committee  There's one big factor that would be at play in establishing a closed-containment aquaculture plant, and that would be the price of land. A closed-containment plant would require quite a large piece of land. If you're close to the urban centres, you're going to pay more for your

Fisheries committee  It is very difficult to answer that. Actually, we still don't know what measures need to be taken to make the production viable. Among the factors we must consider are current costs and market prices. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans conducted the analysis I was talking abo

Fisheries committee  That may be possible in the long term. I will ask Jay to talk about the various scientific issues, such as the presence of CO2 in closed facilities. Those are technical issues, and I have no idea how long it would take to resolve them.

Fisheries committee  Monsieur, you're right; the escape response plan depends on the size of the escape and where it is. If there is a possibility to recapture the fish it will be done. This is the responsibility of the province, so we work with the provincial governments on these particular matters

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't say so. On the Canadian delegation at NASCO there are provincial representatives. They understand the environment in which NASCO functions and how Canada participates. Before we go to NASCO we have consultations with the provincial governments as well as stakeholders t

Fisheries committee  I'll ask Alistair to provide you with the details on the $800,000 for the Namgis First Nation.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Yes. The purpose of the focus area report--and I should say that, as you know, there are six or seven countries around the table--was that NASCO wanted to be able, when the reports were produced, to bring them together and to basically get from the reports some guide

Fisheries committee  From Canada it was a representative from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, not a delegate from the NASCO delegation. I know that there was a representative from the U.S., a representative from the NGO group.... Was there another one?

Fisheries committee  We don't require closed containment—

Fisheries committee  In Canada as well as in the other aquaculture countries, there have been both research and projects to see whether aquaculture of Atlantic salmon can be done in closed containment. So far, there have not been projects that have successfully shown that aquaculture of Atlantic salm

Fisheries committee  I'll ask our colleague from the science branch to answer the question.

Fisheries committee  Right now, for example, we are dealing with regulations on fish pathogens and pest treatment. We are bringing together the four federal departments involved in dealing with that issue, as well as the regulations from the provinces, in the Atlantic provinces, in regard to how this