Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  It actually is Environment and Climate Change Canada. When substances move into the water course, ECCC has that.

Fisheries committee  I'm happy to follow up with my departmental colleagues. If that's useful, I'm happy to do it.

Fisheries committee  I'll turn to Sylvie to ask if we've actually done that work. My sense is that we've not done an in-depth study. That would be my initial take. Sylvie, you may have some initial data.

Fisheries committee  Okay.

Fisheries committee  We really appreciate it because there is a little bit of a challenge in terms of the nomenclature. People do confuse what marine protected areas are. We actually have various levels of protection. When you hear “marine protected area”, that typically refers to an Oceans Act MPA,

Fisheries committee  I just would like to clarify. When you say domestic, do you have an example that you're thinking of?

Fisheries committee  I actually want to give you a proper one.

Fisheries committee  I will turn it over to the CFO to help unpack the numbers, but I'm happy to talk to you about our plans going forward, as we move to reach our 10% by 2020. At present, Canada is at 7.9%. We are finishing some of the areas we have said we're going to do, and we're moving forward

Fisheries committee  I'm going to turn that over to Kevin and to Rob Lamirande to give us some detail.

Fisheries committee  I would say your concerns are quite valid and, unfortunately, not incredibly unique. The issue of dredging is interesting. As the climate changes and as tides change, we see those kinds of imperatives and we see the demand. As you noted, government has made a significant invest

Fisheries committee  Certainly IUU fishing is incredibly challenging at the international level. The current global governance through the NAO really moves the governance back to the home countries, so it is an ongoing challenge. The minister noted that we are going to the sustainable oceans confer

Fisheries committee  I had the opportunity to travel to Japan. Through our CMP programming, we have operation driftnet. I have not actually seen it myself, but I had the opportunity to see photographs from previous missions that had been flown out of Hakodate, Japan, and it's quite something. It's pr

Fisheries committee  Canada's actions were to observe it and report it in the international forum.

Fisheries committee  The minister is quite correct. What is interesting about the Nesta prize is that we were challenged with an opportunity for international expertise, so Canadians and citizens around the planet will have a chance to bid, so it's different. It's not the only research, but it really