Fisheries committee  I would be very pleased to, because I personally feel that, if we're going to succeed with the seals, we can't push the fur industry ahead of it. We have to push and see what the seals can give us that can help humankind. Lots of people are dying. In countries today there are young people who are not developing, because they are lacking iron.

Fisheries committee  I need translation.

Fisheries committee  I haven't done that here. Would she be able to quickly ask me what she asked?

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, it didn't come through. I tried to get it in French, but it didn't come through.

Fisheries committee  Yes, they absolutely eat fish. In Nova Scotia on Scatarie Island, there are people who have seen them eating even lobsters, and those would probably be the grey seals. I have personally seen the grey seals on Sable Island. They are huge animals. The thing is that.... What I think is so important, Mr.

Fisheries committee  What could happen is that the seals would eventually die. Some of the seals, the harp seals, I think, swim up to 15,000 kilometres a year, because they also go up into the Arctic near Greenland and down. To sustain themselves, they need this food. Of course, if there is no food, then they will succumb.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure for me to be here today. Of course, being able to talk to Mr. Chair, by whom I am represented in Harbour Grace, is wonderful. Saving the seals and, in turn, saving the fish stocks and helping support humankind is very important to me. The reason I have become very interested in the seals is that they seem to be an exceptionally smart species.