Mr. Robert Lambert at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On February 1st, 2018. See this statement in context.

February 1st, 2018 / 10:05 a.m.

Director, Oceans Management, Newfoundland and Labrador Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

I would also throw in that there are proposed amendments, of course, to the Oceans Act that talk about things like freezing the footprint, and that would speed up the process so that you would be able to offer protections before the actual MPA was established.

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