Fisheries committee  Good morning. Thank you, Madam Chair, for having me here today. My name is Tasha Sutcliffe. I'm the Vice-President of Ecotrust Canada. I also grew up in a fishing family. I spent my first birthday on a salmon troller, and I have spent my working life in fisheries and with the p

Fisheries committee  That's a big question. Thank you for asking it. I would preface my remarks by saying that engaging in conversation with the communities and the harvesters who really have answers to all the complexities within their fisheries is critical, but I would say there are real, tangibl

Fisheries committee  On the water? Not a lot of people on the water like the current system. There are fish harvesters who are quite invested in the fishery right now and there are a lot of fisheries that are not very viable, so people are relying on the opportunity to sell their assets, and the valu

Fisheries committee  Yes. There are completely different policies around licencing from the east coast to the west coast. We have no owner-operator fleet separation policies on the west coast.

Fisheries committee  I was not.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  It was an individual. The name is known, but people are afraid to pass information on because they're afraid of being blacklisted.

Fisheries committee  Like a pilot fishery?

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure of the time frame question.

Fisheries committee  I would agree with Duncan. I will add that I think there are some very strong principles around how this can be applied in policy reform in that report I referenced. I don't have them all listed in my head right now, so I won't try to repeat them. I will emphasize the need for

Fisheries committee  I think the barrier felt by a lot of the people we work with on the coast is the very large corporate lobby. There is another opinion out there, and I'm sure you will hear about it at some point during the hearings. I hope you remember these testimonies, because you will probably

Fisheries committee  That's also why I think both Duncan and I tried to bring some numbers here today. We do have numbers that show through statistics, not just stories, that incomes are declining and jobs are declining.

Fisheries committee  I would add that the benefit of local fisheries—

Fisheries committee  Fair enough.

Fisheries committee  It's concentrated in certain fisheries.