Mr. Adam Burns at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On March 18th, 2019. See this statement in context.

March 18th, 2019 / 4:40 p.m.

Director General, Fisheries Resource Management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

I can start, and I'll probably pass it to my colleague from the Department of Justice.

Within the scope of the Fisheries Act, our mandate doesn't really fall within the scope of regulating activities that occur within an aquarium. As I mentioned, for example, the Province of Ontario has enacted legislation banning captive breeding of orcas and even the holding of orcas, as I understand it, with the grandfathering of the one currently in captivity at Marineland. In terms of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, it would fall outside the scope of the Fisheries Act.

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