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Fisheries committee  No, I don't have the exact number, but we needed money to do good work and the DFO funding has been a great success, and valid.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  Yes, and we've been successful three times.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  We work at 5.5 and above, and some rivers are hitting a pH of 3 now. We need the rivers raised to 5.5 on an ongoing basis, 7 being perfect of course.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  The important thing with Brierly Brook is that DFO and the province hired an auditor to go over restoration figures. For the first time ever, 1994, they came up with $40 per square metre in habitat loss. Every time you lose a square metre, you lose $40 out of the local community.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  Mainly DFO, federal.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  To answer your question also, 80% of the acid rain comes from the United States presently.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  DFO must start a river ranger guardian program. What did the Atlantic salmon say when it hit the 50-foot concrete wall? “Dam.” It's estimated that just in Nova Scotia rivers, five watersheds are impassible due to barriers that hit the tide and another 25 contain total barriers...upwards of 31 million square metres of habitat.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, the Sackville Rivers Association is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based, community group concerned with the health of the Sackville River watershed. The SRA's mandate is to protect and where necessary restore the river and environment of the Sackville River watershed. The Sackville River flows for over 40 kilometres before discharging into Halifax harbour.

June 2nd, 2015Committee meeting

Walter Regan