Fisheries committee  Thank you so much for having me. As you said, my name is Sonia Strobel. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Skipper Otto. We're Canada's first community-supported fishery and one of the first in the world. We're based on Coast Salish territory here in Vancouver, B.C. I married into a

Fisheries committee  No. I don't believe that is a fair assessment. I don't feel that we have been consulted at all. I feel that the DFO consults with the large industry association, which Mr. Olson referred to as representing the large-scale, largely export companies, but they have not consulted wit

Fisheries committee  Yes, absolutely. I agree.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I agree.

Fisheries committee  Absolutely not.

Fisheries committee  I would agree with that. I have heard many fishermen ask me why I would stick my neck out and do things like write a petition and go to the House of Commons as a witness. Why would I do that? They said I was only going to get a smackdown from the DFO and that it was only going to

Fisheries committee  I will ask—

Fisheries committee  I'll ask anyone if they would be willing to stick their neck out, as it were.

Fisheries committee  Absolutely.

Fisheries committee  Yes, absolutely.

Fisheries committee  To answer that, at Skipper Otto we're often looking for more fishermen as we're growing, but they're often very cautious to talk with us or to work with us because if they are perceived to be selling some of their catch to us.... We don't own the licences. It's a very tough sit

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  What I have here is a one-pound tub. There are also smaller, half-pound tubs that are thinner. You can see almost every prawn in them, and it does take about two minutes to thaw one of these.

Fisheries committee  I really appreciate the opportunity to be heard here. I have told many of our members that I have renewed faith in the democratic process of our country because of what's been going on here in this committee, so I want to thank you all for listening. I think it's the first time t

Fisheries committee  Sure. Thank you, Mr. Johns. We're talking about thousands of trips. We're talking about thousands and thousands of trips over the course of the season, so two violations are so infinitesimally small that it's not even statistically really relevant, compared to.... Mr. Morrisse