Mr. Andrew Thomson at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On January 30th, 2019. See this statement in context.

January 30th, 2019 / 4:45 p.m.

Regional Director, Fisheries Management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Initially, certainly when PICFI started up, the intent was to increase commercial economic development for first nations. Initially, certainly a fair percentage of that was leased back out to professional fish harvesters to fish that amount. Some were indigenous and some not. You could lease a PICFI-held quota out to non-indigenous fish harvesters.

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