Fisheries committee  As I referenced in my opening remarks, Canada is a small portion of the shark-fin global market, but that said, I think that this is one step towards deterring shark finning. I think I'll let my comments rest there.

Fisheries committee  That was not strategic.

Fisheries committee  No. I should have stuck with the language in the legislation and just said “not attached”.

Fisheries committee  For the Canadian practice, there isn't.

Fisheries committee  I would say that the policy intent behind Bill S-203 is to prohibit importation and exportation of shark fins.

Fisheries committee  You guys did that already.

Fisheries committee  The policy intent is to deter shark finning, the importation and exportation. That is incremental.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's correct.

Fisheries committee  The DFO fisheries enforcement officers would be dockside to monitor the domestic fishery and the regulations, the fisheries licence policy.

Fisheries committee  Well, as Member Hardie mentioned, a foreign exporter could choose to export a shark as a whole—

Fisheries committee  I don't have that information.

Fisheries committee  When Senator Harder introduced amendments during the Senate committee process, he introduced a coordinating amendment as well, so that if Bill S-238 receives royal assent before Bill C-68, when Bill C-68 does receive royal assent, it would supersede Bill S-238.

Fisheries committee  That's a challenging question for me to answer, but I would actually like to focus on the fact that the importation would be prohibited, so when it's caught it's not that it gets in under a fine; it's that it's refused entry into the country. It's keeping the shark fins out of th

Fisheries committee  Again, I'd say that's a challenge. I don't understand the economics of the industry enough to know, but for me, I think a $500,000 fine would be sufficient to deter me from doing that.

Fisheries committee  I'll have to ask my colleague.