Thank you, Mr. Chair, and in the spirit of the eagerness that our committee members have demonstrated in bringing forward issues for study at committee, I want to join the bandwagon by highlighting the shrimp-by-trawl industry on the west coast of Canada.
This industry is pulling its hair out trying to get the attention of DFO, to no avail. My notice of motion reads as follows:
That the committee undertake a study of at least two two-hour meetings to investigate DFO’s management of the shrimp-by-trawl industry on the west coast of Canada; that the committee hear from industry stakeholders at the first two-hour televised meeting; and that the committee invite [DFO] officials to appear at a second two-hour televised meeting of the committee to provide up-to-date information and respond to concerns raised by industry stakeholders over the government’s management of the shrimp-by-trawl fishery and answer questions from members.