Rick Perkins at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On March 19th, 2024. See this statement in context.

March 19th, 2024 / 5:40 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

Thank you.

Ms. Carey, you mentioned that this has been going on for a decade. Liberal fisheries minister number four, in 2020, shut down the elver fishery, as Liberal fisheries minister number six has just done.

Did that reduce the poaching and illegal activity?

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