Fisheries committee  I don't get rattled.

Fisheries committee  As to what role I play with the minister, I haven't had discussion on that. The NAFO meeting, of course, is not coming up yet. What has been the customary thing in the past, I can't allude to. I am going to defer on that, because I know the minister is the official representative

Fisheries committee  I see this as domestic probably more than international, because Canada's fishing on the high seas is very limited. We don't do extensive fishing on the high seas, maybe because we developed a strong coastline, a continental shelf that has sufficient resources within our area. Ov

Fisheries committee  Overall, there were seven recommendations in the high seas task force report. Four of these were ongoing. There are three specific ones, I think, in which Canada is certainly playing a leading role. One is to have a model RFMO—in other words, having a model fisheries management

Fisheries committee  Under my mandate I would certainly like to meet with everybody who has a stake in dealing with that and any impact on it. I spoke with representatives—not official representatives of the government—at the seafood show in Boston. Nunavut is engaged—and hopefully Premier Okalik—i

Fisheries committee  I became involved in the fishery in 1974, and with another partner I spent 20 years in industry. I was an owner-operator of two fish processing plants. One in particular was primarily for groundfish, but it also did pelagics, tuna, salmon—just about anything that swam and was ava

Fisheries committee  The overall budget is $550,000, shared equally between both departments, Mr. Chair.

Fisheries committee  Yes, about $550,000. If you look at history, back in 1989, when the position was first instituted, there was a $3 million budget. The budget at that time, 18 years ago, had $3 million, but about $2.5 million of that was for advocacy. That was a part of the position at the time, b

Fisheries committee  Yes, the budget includes my position, two staff positions, and all travels costs.

Fisheries committee  Yes, Mr. Chair.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  Yes, Mr. Stoffer, I have, to a great extent, as late as yesterday with the EU ambassador to Canada, and I've stressed very strongly that we need very, very significant changes in the ATRQ. I anticipate that in the next four to five weeks there will be a recommendation to the EU t

Fisheries committee  I think the question by Mr. Simms was on whether I have supported custodial management. I haven't made a statement on custodial management. The government, which was a member, made a statement. I just wanted to clarify that, because I think that's where the question came from. O

Fisheries committee  I left that position on December 29.

Fisheries committee  I got a call on January 23, when the position became available.