Fisheries committee  I think there are definitely some good systems out there, but they need updating, or they need to move into the digital age. For example, there are electronic logs for some of the reporting and tracking. As I mentioned, we have fisheries where dockside monitors are supposed to be

Fisheries committee  I can speak only for Prince Edward Island, but I know that one of the companies over there has had real challenges for a number of years hiring enough people to cover its commitments.

Fisheries committee  The way I understand it now, a big challenge is that it's hard to get enough people to meet the commitments that DFO would like to see on the boats.

Fisheries committee  I think that would definitely help, for sure, whatever the system is, but that's a challenge. I mean, COVID was a unique circumstance, but there were fisheries that didn't have any dockside monitoring during that period.

Fisheries committee  I think the biggest thing, Mr. Cormier, is to involve harvesters and harvester groups in the discussion on how maybe there's a better way to do it. As we know, there are different programs, spot audits and such things that are also a deterrent, so things like that could possibly

Fisheries committee  I'm not personally aware of it, but I am aware of situations in which sometimes lobster is being advertised on social media or something that is quite public.

Fisheries committee  That's a tough question. I would say no. I think it's something we want to get a handle on across the board in Canada, as was alluded to earlier. It has done a lot of damage to a lot of companies and a lot of communities, so it's something we really need to get under control, and

Fisheries committee  The position our association and other associations have taken for over three or four years has been that we need to all be fishing at the same time, under the same rules and regulations, and that we're all contributing to science and science-based decisions.

Fisheries committee  Absolutely.

Fisheries committee  First of all, I want to declare that the Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association is a tag distributor. I think we were third or fourth when organizations or companies were picked. It's something we take very seriously. We certainly don't issue all the tags that are used on P

Fisheries committee  The Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association is pleased to present on this topic of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. We thank the committee chair and the fisheries committee for today's opportunity. I would like to outline the views of our association, in additi

Fisheries committee  I think we know it's a historic arrangement. Our question for the minister was really quite simple: With the new partnership, would there be any changes that would be outside of a share purchase? Those are the kinds of questions that we're wondering about, and we have not receive

Fisheries committee  I think it goes back to.... It was a significant deal. It involved a partner from the west coast, too, so it was a significant consolidation of east coast and west coast companies. There have been pretty basic questions, and I guess where our frustration has been is that maybe th

Fisheries committee  Yes, we'd be glad to do that, Mr. Morrissey.

Fisheries committee  I'd say the short answer to that is no, we don't. Our colleague, Jim McIsaac, on the west coast, can speak to very specific situations in terms of ownership being basically traced back to foreign ownership of the Canadian resource and controlling that resource. We really need t