Robert Sopuck at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On June 17th, 2019. See this statement in context.

June 17th, 2019 / 4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Robert Sopuck Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

I read somewhere that China has something like 26,000 subsidized commercial fishing boats that scour the oceans. I've seen some of that myself.

Let's be quite honest and blunt here. Given China's insatiable demand for food and fish resources, are they a country to watch in terms of the power of their fishing technology and potential effects on fish stocks, not just off B.C. but around the world?

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