Fisheries committee  Especially with salmon, there are literally tens of thousands of individuals who do work. There are a number of ways we engage them. In terms of budget, in last year's budget there was the Atlantic salmon endowment fund of $30 million. That has now been established and there's a

Fisheries committee  To add to that, the courts did not pronounce on collaborative arrangements. They did not pronounce on the issue of somebody wanting to contribute to science work, that they can't do that and the department must pay for the whole thing. What the court said was that the minister sh

Fisheries committee  Well, what can be used is cash. If you want to sit with an organization and say that the department will put this much in, and the fishermen's association wants to put a certain amount in, you can still do that.

Fisheries committee  The issue of salmon hatcheries on the east and west coasts has largely to do with history and how the fisheries have developed. As David would have said last week, it is an order of magnitude issue as well, regarding the west coast commercial fisheries, first nations fisheries,

Fisheries committee  At the end of the day, it's the same folks making the decisions on the east and west coasts, but in different situations. If you look closely at those different situations.... As I say, it probably also has to do with history. The fact is that on the west coast, and I suspect on

Fisheries committee  If we can also add, we're monitoring the ice conditions really carefully. There have been some favourable winds, but what's happening now is that the ice is breaking up a bit. It's actually moving around and moving in from bay to bay. So it's affecting different bays than it was

Fisheries committee  The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board is established under the Nunavut land claim. The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement established the NWMB in 1992-93. It is effectively our co-management partner in the land claim settlement area. Now, that takes us just to the 12-mile limit. So

Fisheries committee  Fishery is a complex world. In the area 12 crab, there are 27 organizations that represent groups of fishers. That's not including the processors. We now take an “ocean to plate” approach, which means we include processors in the discussions. We have sessions that have everybody

Fisheries committee  These arrangements generally come from sessions that the department has with industry. When we're working with fishermen and developing an integrated fisheries management plan, we generally say, as the department, here's what we can do in terms of conservation, and here's what we

Fisheries committee  I'm not personally, but one of my staff will be there. I'm doing some of the other tours.

Fisheries committee  That's along the lines of the last question as well.

Fisheries committee  As the deputy minister has said, we are deeply concerned, but in the end, we believe that for the time being this is an issue for the fishers and the processors. As you know, and as the deputy minister has stated, a few of the Quebec boats are unloading their catch in Newfoundlan

Fisheries committee  I don't know the answer to that.

Fisheries committee  My understanding of the P.E.I. shrimp is that it was simply an allocation by the minister of the day to a consortium in P.E.I., period.

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure if it is.