Fisheries committee  I don't have the number on hand. We can certainly provide that.

Fisheries committee  Yes. In fact, while our primary role is to act as regulator, we do indeed support industry when and where we can. Over the course of last year, we worked very closely with a major stakeholder to provide them with the information they needed, whether it was science information or fisheries management information, so that they could take that to European markets to explore the development of those markets for this product that they anticipated.

Fisheries committee  That's exactly it. We have carved out time within the agenda next week for these groups to make that information known and to share that research they've conducted over the past number of years with the experimental fishery and their experience in the index fishery as well.

Fisheries committee  Certainly. Next week we will be holding a four-day meeting and half of that will be dedicated to hearing views from stakeholders and first nations on their experience in the fishery and their recommendations on fisheries management measures going forward. I can assure them that all of the information they bring forward to us either verbally at that meeting or in writing to us will be part of the record and we'll provide that information.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. In fact, it's a very good question, and just two weeks ago I was at the Atlantic Policy Congress in Cape Breton. I was invited to speak at their indigenous fisheries conference, and we spoke about that, the collaboration with indigenous partners on the implementation of the fisheries monitoring program.

Fisheries committee  I would have to report back to the committee. Sometimes there is a difference between what is required or what is stated on a licence condition versus what the availability of an observer or dockside monitor is.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for that. I should specify that it was for the offshore northern shrimp fishery that I know we had 100%. For the snow crab, we would have to report back to you in writing.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. We do have fisheries where we have 100% at-sea observer coverage, such as the northern shrimp SFAs 4 through 6, as an example. That in and of itself doesn't guarantee quality data: it has to be verified and double-checked. It is one example of a fishery where we have fairly good coverage.

Fisheries committee  I think what I'll have to do is provide something in writing to answer that question for the member.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  There are different requirements.

Fisheries committee  We looked at a few things within the criteria. First, were they listed as schedule 1 under regulations—batch 1, as we'd say—where we have those higher regulatory requirements to manage them, as per the fish stock provisions? That was one. Two, if not there, are they coming into what we think would be batch 2 when those get added to the regulation?

Fisheries committee  Perhaps I can speak to that. The minister had a very difficult decision with respect to the allocation of the redfish resource. Her decision did see a 20% reduction in the offshore, which was reallocated equally to an indigenous quota bank and affected shrimp harvesters in the gulf and the estuary.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that is an accurate reflection of the fisheries monitoring policy.

Fisheries committee  That is correct. We were using existing resources to implement the policy until 2023.