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Fisheries committee You're probably referring to a species at risk recovery plan. We're managing the resource through the Fisheries Act, not through the Species at Risk Act. That's why there's no recovery plan as per SARA. We have what is called under the Fisheries Act a rebuilding plan, which achie
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee It's rebuilding plan, because it's done under the Fisheries Act, not under the Species at Risk Act.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee Yes, I'm sure it is.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee Yes, it is on the website.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee It's available and we also communicate it to fishermen through their association when we make a decision, which is usually a day or two after the minister approves his decision, just to build the communications package.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee Yes, the industry, in this case FFAW, is involved.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee I don't know exactly about the gillnets, but the reason we allow stewardship-fishing harvest levels is to develop more sustainable fisheries with cod. This is so that if and when we reopen the commercial fishing for cod, the quality of the fish will be better. There is a project
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee The logbooks are part of the licence they receive. They have to fill in the logbooks and send them to us monthly. Then they go to science for analysis.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee Yes, there's a new program starting next year under which licences and tags will be allocated, and then we'll be able to have better monitoring. We estimate that there is between 1,500 and 2,000 tonnes caught by the recreational fishery annually. Obviously, with tags and licences
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee You're talking about the plan for next year and how we will manage? I'm sorry, I'm just not sure.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee We have a plan to issue licences and tags next year for around the same level of 2,000 tonnes for recreational fishing. The system we're building right now is a system to manage that with stakeholders and to see how we can issue the tags to the fishermen.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee It's not available now. We're developing it. This year there's no system.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee Yes. We have a system on the west coast, and we will migrate that system for the—
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee I don't have an exact date, but certainly a few weeks prior to the opening of the season.
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel
Fisheries committee When we look at harvest levels or opportunities, we also take into consideration the recreational fisheries and the quota for indigenous allocations before providing any commercial licences in the long term. We analyze that as part of the decision-making on whether we allow more
September 21st, 2016Committee meeting
Philippe Morel