Clifford Small at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On October 9th, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 9th, 2024 / 5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Clifford Small Conservative Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL

Back in the day, in 2017, Dr. Carruthers, there was a study done here in this very—according to the Honourable Gerry Byrne—friendly committee. Recommendation 7 was:

That Fisheries and Oceans Canada make every effort to control the seal populations through a sustainable and responsible harvest, to ensure that the seal populations do not prevent the northern cod stock from replenishing in the future.

This is in this study, in this non-partisan document right here—an all-committee, all-party document.

Now, you mentioned there was some unknown mortality. Do you think that could be from seal predation?

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