Evidence of meeting #139 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was stock.
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NDP
Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC
When we need to apply the precautionary approach in times when there are low stocks, how does that work? Are the Americans working collectively in that approach?
Manager, Fisheries and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Gulf Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
I'm not familiar enough to know how that dovetails with our Canadian regimes. Perhaps David would speak to that.
Director, Resource Management Operations, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Sure. We have a number of international agreements with the Americans on different fisheries to try to manage transboundary stocks. A large part of that, I think, is scientific co-operation around the state of the fishery, and then, essentially, negotiations with the U.S. There are a number of different instruments for that. I think that, by and large, that goes fairly well for us.
Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Red Deer—Lacombe, AB
Just quickly, Mr. Chair, I did specifically ask a question about market exposure in China. I would like to request, if possible, that the department get back to the committee with any information it has on that. I would much appreciate it.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Thank you for that.
That concludes this portion of our committee meeting. We'll say thank you, again, to our witnesses for the time and knowledge they gave to the committee on this particular study.
We'll suspend now for two minutes so that we can change out and get ready to go with version two, the west coast fisheries.
[Proceedings continue in camera]