Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans entitled “Foreign Overfishing: Its Impacts and Solutions, Conservation on the Nose and Tail of the Grand Banks and the Flemish Cap”. I am most pleased to say that the report is supported by all parties and is therefore unanimous.
I would also like to thank the research staff and the staff of the committee for all their hard work in terms of the meetings we had across the country, for the hearings we had in Ottawa and in the writing of the report.
We recommend strong action on the part of the federal government, using various legislation available to it, to put an end to overfishing outside our 200 mile limit. We look forward to the government's positive response within 150 days.