Gerry Byrne at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On March 31st, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 31st, 2009 / 2:15 p.m.

Liberal

Gerry Byrne Liberal Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL

I'm just going to push my questioning a little bit.

You talked about research and development and the need for new products. There's some bad news. Ocean Choice International has been involved with an organization called the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation, and that organization just lost its funding. It's the major research and development partnering or brokering group, other than the Marine Institute.

What impact, if any, would the closure of the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation have on your ability to extract greater value out of the lobster market?

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