Fisheries committee  Those levels have been established for some of the stocks, including Gulf fall herring. I don't have the exact threshold. It's something that we could easily provide.

Fisheries committee  I would start by saying that the decision as to whether or not to seek an eco-certification is one taken by industry, and a variety of factors play into that. Depending on where harvesters or exporters are sending a particular product, there is more or less dependence on eco-cert

Fisheries committee  Again, there are certain markets where this has no impact at all.

Fisheries committee  I don't know the specifics.

Fisheries committee  Certainly that is an ongoing issue. There are—

Fisheries committee  I can't speak to that. My part of the department is not engaged in market access.

Fisheries committee  The department could identify someone who could do that.

Fisheries committee  I think we would know, certainly, what the commercial removals are. Marc, do we have specifically how those subsequently break down into the various uses?

Fisheries committee  We'll provide what the department holds.

Fisheries committee  From a fisheries management perspective, what I would say is that as we noted earlier, the science is ongoing in identifying what those other factors may or may not be. I wouldn't want to speculate on what they would be. I can say that for the stocks in the Maritimes Region, we

Fisheries committee  It is correct that our precautionary approach framework policy under the sustainable fisheries framework says that when a stock is in the critical zone, the fishery removal should be kept at the lowest level possible. It's not further defined than that in the policy. When we lo

Fisheries committee  Concerning the contribution that seals make to the natural mortality of herring, I would turn to my colleagues from science, who will likely tell us that there isn't a lot of evidence to indicate what the level might be. Certainly, for stakeholders whom we speak with in a variety

Fisheries committee  I don't think that the department does this job.

Fisheries committee  So the answer is no.

Fisheries committee  No regulations limit what fishermen can use as bait. I know that a number of fishermen used redfish as bait last year in their lobster fishery.