Fisheries committee  The specific funding announcement was in support of the indigenous certification because that is what the EU has at this point agreed to in terms of enabling access to the market, so we are taking advantage of that, but we are continuing to work to develop international markets t

Fisheries committee  There is an effort to ensure that it does get to market.

Fisheries committee  That is for major projects. There was the establishment in 2007, I think it was, of the major projects management office, and there was extra funding that was provided to various departments—DFO being one of them—all the regulatory departments, so environmental assessment, NRCan,

Fisheries committee  I'll start by saying that I believe that it is, but if it's not the case and there's something different, we'll undertake to get back to the committee.

Fisheries committee  It is. A number of initiatives are under way to help the seal industry support itself, not just in Europe but elsewhere as well.

Fisheries committee  Certainly, the system is capable of producing large overall numbers of fish. Those years, 2010 and 2014, were significant years. It is a four-year cycle, and the years four years before those were positive as well.

Fisheries committee  I would attest that is the case. Changes to the Fisheries Act may not have had a significant impact on the core fisheries management decision-making approach. I still think we have well-managed fisheries and we do follow scientific advice.

Fisheries committee  I'd be happy to do that. I can get you the specific number. I believe that upwards of 400 projects have taken place so far under that program. We do have some specific numbers we've quoted in the past, for at least the first ones, that speak to the amount of linear kilometres or

Fisheries committee  It is a challenge. Atlantic salmon is a very complex system. We are seeing reductions at the southern range of Atlantic salmon. It's still in reasonable shape in Labrador and in northern Newfoundland. The farther south you go, the bigger the challenges. The U.S. is in really toug

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I think 2010 was the big year, and 2014. I believe those were the two really significant years.

Fisheries committee  Point number one is that there's nothing specifically in the supplementary estimates (C) that speaks to the marine conservation targets. I get your point about the challenge in terms of the investments. Next—and I spoke to this the last time—the specific targets of 5% by 2017 an

Fisheries committee  I'll add one example. It is a transfer from one vote to another vote. In other words, it comes in as operation and maintenance. That's what we have in our A-base core budget; we don't have specific authority to make a grant and contribution. For example, Marty mentioned one of t

Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question. I'm going to touch on the MPA thing. You talked about the three coasts, and the Arctic, and all that. There is no question...and the question before was about what areas. I know I said “excited, but terrified”, but “ambitious but achievable”, as the min

Fisheries committee  Yes, often that is the case. There are a couple of things. One, we did move to an online licensing system, I think two or three years ago, so fishers can get their licence online. I would say in the first six months we had a lot of “This doesn't work. We want to go to the offic