Mr. Speaker, Canada has just proceeded to release the Spanish trawler Estai , after its owners agreed to post a bond of $500,000. As you know, the European Union had made the release of the trawler a condition for resuming negotiations with Canada.
Could the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans indicate whether in exchange for the release of the Spanish trawler, European trawlers agreed to a 60-day moratorium on fishing for turbot, as requested by Canada?