Fisheries committee  There would be an impact. Do you want to add to that information, Sylvie?

Fisheries committee  We have a salmon allocation policy that defines essentially that question. The first element—

Fisheries committee  It's going to vary by year, and so—

Fisheries committee  I'll have to get back to you on the exact numbers.

Fisheries committee  Minister Leblanc provided an update on Cohen in August 2016.

Fisheries committee  I can respond to that. The way we deliver on the wild salmon policy is, as Mr. Swerdfager said, in a very integrated way. When looking at the budget supporting the wild salmon policy implementation, you need to look at the various inputs to it—for example, science, and we spoke a

Fisheries committee  Absolutely we have. We're doing that, since the report was developed, by responding to the specific recommendations, and so you can see the progress being made.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I think the conclusion you can draw is that there is incredible variability in the returns, and the reason for that is the point of the investigation.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's what we would expect from a forecast perspective.

Fisheries committee  If you look at the history of sockeye returns in the Fraser River, you can see that there have been certain environmental effects that have caused considerable reduction. For example, the slide in Hell's Gate in the early 1900s had a devastating impact on the overall returns of s

Fisheries committee  Those questions are exactly what Justice Cohen investigated. He looked at a range of issues. We can categorize the types of impacts in different ways. There are impacts on habitat, there are impacts upon fishing pressure, there is climate change and variability. There are a num

Fisheries committee  I think it shows the inherent variability. There are a number of reasons for that strong year class. It has a lot to do with the survival in the marine environment as well, and so you need to look at things overall.

Fisheries committee  There certainly are some conventions against those types of activities, which are monitored and enforced. You could consider that as one of the inputs into the overall impacts on fishing.

Fisheries committee  When you look at the Cohen recommendations, you see that a number of the recommendations that Justice Cohen made related to the wild salmon policy and its implementation, and he strongly recommended the full implementation of that policy. Last August when Minister LeBlanc made h

Fisheries committee  The terms of reference for Justice Cohen related to the returns of sockeye from the 2009 season. He took three years to undertake the investigation, and in 2012, he delivered the report.