Mel Arnold at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On November 23rd, 2020. See this statement in context.

November 23rd, 2020 / 5 p.m.

Conservative

Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

Mr. Smedbol, you talked about the allocation of the harvestable amount being determined by science, but then the decision on how that harvestable amount would be apportioned would be a policy decision. Can you elaborate on that a little bit further? Who sets the policy on how it's divided up?

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