Rick Perkins at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On November 15th, 2022. See this statement in context.

November 15th, 2022 / 5 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for joining us today in this important study.

In your opening statement, you mentioned that only 15% of fishers fishing mackerel derive their income from it, but most of the mackerel is a bait fishery and is therefore the most important part of the $4-billion lobster fishery. Is that correct?

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