Rick Perkins at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On April 24th, 2023. See this statement in context.

April 24th, 2023 / 11:45 a.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

Thank you.

Mr. Dakins, in 2021, DFO's lead assessment biologist, Dr. Dwyer, who you may be familiar with, said that seals are not having any discernible impact in the predation of pelagic fish. Then, a year later, the minister came out and said that “seals eat fish”, and that obviously there needs to be more study.

Is the reason the minister thinks there needs to be more study because Dr. Dwyer said that they aren't having an impact, or is it something else?

See context to find out what was said next.