I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 63 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. This meeting, as you can see, is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022.
This is a reminder to all to please address your comments through the chair. Screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted.
The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
In accordance with the committee's routine motion concerning connection tests for witnesses, I'm informing the committee that all witnesses or participants by Zoom have gone through all of the required connection tests in advance of the meeting.
Before we proceed, we have one quick matter to attend to regarding our upcoming study of foreign ownership and corporate concentration of fishing licences and quotas. The clerk has prepared and distributed a study budget for your review. If everyone agrees with the proposed budget, we need to adopt the following motion:
That the proposed budget in the amount of $27,000, for the study of foreign ownership and corporate concentration, be adopted.
(Motion agreed to)
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on January 18, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of ecosystem impacts and the management of pinniped populations.
I would like to welcome our first panel of witnesses. Representing the Arctic Research Foundation, we have Tom Henheffer, chief operating officer, and Adrian Schimnowski, chief executive officer. Representing Carino Processing Ltd., we have Dion Dakins, chief executive officer.
Thank you for taking the time to appear today. You will each have up to five minutes for an opening statement.
We'll go to the Arctic Research Foundation first.
I don't know if one of you is doing it, or if you're splitting your time for the opening statement, but you have five minutes or less, please, starting now.