Evidence of meeting #55 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chairman.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Deputy Minister, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
On the ballast water, we have been involved, through the oceans action plan--both the last version and the most recent announcements--to get funding for Transport Canada to move forward with that.
I might ask Wendy to talk to our role in providing the science in support of it. It is moving forward.
Wendy, do you want to talk to that?
Assistant Deputy Minister, Science Sector, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Yes, very briefly.
We had established a Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network. It's a research network led out of the University of Windsor. We continue to work with the academics across the country as well as with other government departments.
We are looking at projects in 2007-2008, looking at alternative ballast water exchange zones outside of Newfoundland, looking at real-time risk assessment systems for ballast water exchange on the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine. We are looking to evaluate sea chests as potential vectors for invasives, and we are also analysing the domestic ship trade as secondary vectors of species invasions in the Great Lakes. Clearly invasives come up every year at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Those meetings are upcoming in about three weeks.
Bloc
The Vice-Chair Bloc Raynald Blais
Thank you very much.
That will be the last word for today, but of course, we will have an opportunity to meet again on Thursday, to continue our work.
Thank you very much.
The meeting is adjourned.