Fisheries committee  I'd echo that.

Fisheries committee  It made things a bit easier, or maybe not easier, but just got rid of some unnecessary challenges and avoided some time delays. Again, I'll echo what was said. It didn't have any sort of additional negative impact or less oversight either.

Fisheries committee  It was the HADD acronym, and I'm trying to think what it stands for. It was essentially changes in regard to the habitat group that was involved and needed to provide input, and some of the things they were asking for such as video surveillance of benthic monitoring and things like that.

Fisheries committee  Yes, to be able to grow in a sustainable manner.

Fisheries committee  Yes. In terms of finfish, as mentioned, there is about a handful of companies, and really only one of them is doing the grow out on their land-based facility. Most of them are hatcheries and just egg production. On P.E.I., they may be stage one, and then they'll be shipped to do the later stage development.

Fisheries committee  Market access and....

Fisheries committee  Yes, essentially if the competitors have that label, then the supermarkets or grocery stores ask why we don't have that certification. It's the same with a lot of the different certification schemes. A lot of them are essentially either to get into the grocery chains or it may mean something to the consumer.

Fisheries committee  I think there would be some advantages to being paired with agriculture, but also there are some things in the Fisheries Act that are beneficial to the aquaculture sector as well, especially in regard to introductions and transfers, and whatnot. I guess in terms of the aquaculture act, it's not so much something that our industry on P.E.I. is pushing for.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, committee. As mentioned, my name is Matt Sullivan, and I'm the executive director of the P.E.I. Aquaculture Alliance. Our organization is a non-profit association that represents the aquaculture industries on P.E.I., the primary industries being the mussel sector, cultured oysters, and a smaller finfish industry.