Evidence of meeting #4 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was authority.
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
We certainly are, and we'd love for you to come down and have some.
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NDP
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for coming. That was very impressive testimony. I appreciate that.
I know Mr. Keddy would have liked to have been here. He speaks highly of the work you do at Woods Harbour.
I have a few clarification questions. I'll leave it to my colleagues to ask the profound questions, if they have any.
You listed the three wharves. Are these wharves all in the same location or are they in different bays?
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
I can see all of them. They're all in sight. I would say that from the main wharf, my lower wharf is probably about two kilometres to the east and Falls Point wharf is probably the same distance to the west.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
Okay.
Between the three of them, I think there are 130 or 140 boats, or something like that.
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
That's approximately right. It varies.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
For each of them you listed.... The largest one has 82 commercial and recreational boats, you said. What's the breakdown? Out of the total, how many are commercial and how many are recreational?
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
The majority of them are commercial vessels. Of the 82, we have maybe 10 recreational vessels.
I should also mention that through the summer we occasionally have foreign vessels come in. Usually they're sailing vessels that have come in because of weather, because they're lost, or because they need fuel or water—that type of thing.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
Are the berthage fees the same, regardless of whether they're commercial or recreational?
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
No. We like to be able to accommodate our senior citizens, so they berth their recreational vessels for free. As well, most of our recreational vessels are outboards, and our non-working outboards pay a significantly lower amount.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
Is there any of what we call a commercial recreational fishery in your area? In other words, people who charge—
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
No, not at the moment.
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Conservative
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
We would like to, and they have seen it before on Cape Sable Island. Some folks gave it a try. Unfortunately...I think I won't say that.
It's very difficult to start a community-based small business and receive support from people, so no, it doesn't happen. People also mention that realistically, doing something like that is extremely expensive when you consider insurance and that type of thing.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
I have one final question, then.
You talk about minor repairs and major projects. How do you define those? What's the dividing line? Is it a cost amount?
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
I would say it would be cost. Minor repairs would be something I could handle myself and be able to facilitate or resolve, something like piles, paving, that type of thing. In my opinion, a major repair would be something that would involve some sort of construction.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
In your three years, have you done major projects as well as minor?
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
We did a non-capital project. It was funded, of course, and we are very involved in those projects from beginning to end.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
You called it a non-capital project; is that a major project?
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Harbour Manager, Harbour Authority of Woods Harbour
Oh, yes. I would say it was major, yes.
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Conservative
Mike Allen Conservative Tobique—Mactaquac, NB
I have two quick questions. One is about aquaculture and the other is about infrastructure.
Did I hear you correctly when I thought you said you had two aquaculture operations?
