Fisheries committee  I want to add on to what Mr. Jenkins was saying. There is constant communication between people onboard the icebreaker who manage operations and those who issue observation licences. That is intended to ensure that an excessively high number of observations licences are not issu

Fisheries committee  The issuance of licences is established under paragraph 4 of the Marine Mammal Regulations. The licence itself shows whether it is for sealing purposes or for observation purposes. This section also sets out the costs of the licences. In the case of the seal hunt, licences are i

Fisheries committee  It has existed in the past in the Magdalen Islands, at a place called Corps-Mort. Grey seal can be hunted like other seals. Licences can therefore also be valid for grey seal hunting.

Fisheries committee  Close times are set out in the schedule to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which also includes a list of seals species. From there, a mechanism set out in the Fisheries Act kicks in. Under the general fishery regulations, regional directors-general may, by order, vary close times

Fisheries committee  I believe you are referring to Hay Island in Nova Scotia, where sealing has occurred in the past. It is not my region and I do not really know whether sealing still takes place there. There may be licencing conditions that are specific to that hunt. The provisions of the regulati

Fisheries committee  In fact, the ten-metre rule has been in force for a few years already. That is as close as licensed seal hunt observers may come to hunters. The license allows us to manage and meet these people. They are the subject of investigations, through which we can make sure that their st