Thank you, Mr. MacAulay.
Basically, that's the first thing on the committee's agenda, or plate, I should say, for the fall. As most of you will recall, there was a lot of discussion in the spring of this year about a trip to the west coast to investigate the impacts of sea lice on the wild Pacific salmon stocks. We have been proceeding with that and have submitted a plan for travel to the Liaison Committee. The Liaison Committee, Travis tells me, generally meets the first Tuesday after the break week. So we would hopefully be on the agenda for the upcoming Liaison Committee meeting and could have a better sense of where we go from there after that meeting.
So the aquaculture study is still ongoing. We've done a significant amount of work on that.
I know there are some new members on the committee here this morning, and I would be remiss not to welcome you to the committee. I look forward to working with you, as I know all members of the committee do. Our committee is certainly one that I have enjoyed, and I know that a lot of members on the government side have. It's a very congenial committee, and I certainly look forward to continuing that.
I know, Rodger and Joyce, that we haven't had the chance to talk a little bit yet. I look forward to getting to know you better as well, Ms. Murray, and to working together on the issues that are important to us all.
So aquaculture has been a focus. We have met with a lot of witnesses, hearing testimony from them in the spring of this past year, many by video conference and many in person. But we haven't travelled to the west coast at this point in time, and that has certainly been something at the forefront of our agenda with respect to aquaculture and the issue of sea lice.
Snow crab has been an issue this committee has taken a huge amount of time to investigate. We have travelled to various locations on the east coast. We have heard from many witnesses before this committee--witnesses from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, witnesses from the industry itself, and outside observers, if you wish, who have come and offered their point of view as well on the snow crab issue.
I know that François, our analyst, has been busy over the summer. He's prepared a summary of recommendations that came out of those discussions and meetings, which was one of the directions the committee gave François. We didn't want him to sunning himself too much this summer; and as you can tell, he's not too tanned, so he did work quite hard here this summer, I'm sure. Anyhow, we look forward to going through the data that François has tabulated for us in trying to come forward with specific recommendations this committee can offer to the House.
There are a couple of motions, I believe, for which notice has been served, including those two motions and some other requests. It's always, I'm sure, the same with other committees. We have requests from different organizations, from different individuals, to come and appear before the committee. So there is a lot we will have on our agenda going forward. I guess probably the best way to look at it today is for us have a bit of discussion within our individual caucuses about what priority we'd like to see placed on certain pieces of work that lie before us. With your member on the steering committee we could have a discussion. I assume they are going to be the vice-chairs and the parliamentary secretary and me again. I think that's still the way it goes with the steering committee, that it will be the two vice-chairs and the representative from the NDP.
Mr. MacAulay.