Fisheries committee  Yes. I would say that's accurate.

Fisheries committee  I think so. I would say it creates a lot of questions from non-indigenous fishers as to why we have the two—

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Yes, but it is a legal carapace size.

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure about that. I'd have to defer to someone from the province.

Fisheries committee  One of the things we're seeing more often now is these lost fishing days also being part of the penalty. Perhaps an offender loses the first week of fishing at the start of the next season, which, typically, can be a very high-revenue week. Things like that in conjunction with fi

Fisheries committee  Certainly, we support a better job being done and more resources being put towards monitoring and enforcement. I'll make a brief comment. There's a whole, huge, recreational fishery side that DFO has to regulate and oversee, too. It's not just the commercial fishery; there are l

Fisheries committee  I think consulting fishing groups and asking for specific recommendations would be a good thing. Most of what we proposed here today was more related to fines and penalties to discourage this being a cost of doing business.

Fisheries committee  That's an excellent point. We go back to the discussion in 2014. The original implementation date for electronic logs for lobster, for example, was to be 2018 or 2019, but it keeps getting moved. It's a significant capital investment, so it's very hard to get things implemented i

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't want to target one group, and I think, certainly, that needs to be looked at. We all know, and certainly you would, sir, that the value of lobster skyrocketed in the last few years, and it's a very valuable commodity. When there's money out there and big money to be ma

Fisheries committee  We work with our colleagues in Quebec on a regular basis on a number of issues. We're dealing with a lot of other things, but we haven't had direct conversations about that. Could you be a little more specific?

Fisheries committee  My understanding is that it's a widespread problem for our east coast fisheries.

Fisheries committee  I would suggest that we're doing that now, but there's always room, I'm sure, for more dialogue. It's a concern, because we're threatening the future of the fishery for everyone.

Fisheries committee  Certainly. That's why we've been an advocate for higher fines, stiffer fines, suspensions and whatever it takes to send a strong message. That's the concern, that it becomes the cost of doing business for some people.

Fisheries committee  We have seen an improvement in P.E.I. in terms of fines being increased. As I mentioned earlier, we do victim impact statements. It puts the association in an awkward position, because generally you're writing a statement that involves one of your members. That being said, we n