Mr. Speaker, the member should know that our objective is to Canadianize the fishery.
The current quotas that Cubans are fishing are Canadian quotas. Foreign participation by Cuba this year, 1999, in the silver hake fishery is low. The catch has been reduced from 55,000 to 30,000.
In terms of the ships that the Cubans are building, the Cubans have been made fully aware that there is a three year program in place setting quotas that will end in the year 2000 and it is uncertain if those quotas will be renewed after that date.