Fisheries committee  Herring goes to the centralized plant in Transcona.

Fisheries committee  It's not possible on the marketing end of it, because of the volume we need to produce. As soon as you have that single-desk mandate, you're not allowed to operate unless you have an export permit. The export permit is available, unless you're selling in the same markets as FFMC.

Fisheries committee  No, the sad thing is, it's wasted. That's the sad part of the fishery. There is an opportunity there, and it's sad that this is still happening today.

Fisheries committee  Yes. That was discussed at the last meeting of our board of directors. In a lot of these fishing communities, there's no freezing capacity. So the fish are going to be transported. It takes days before it gets to the plant and the quality deteriorates. A lot of these communitie

Fisheries committee  Thank you for your time. I'm hoping the information I brought forward today will give you some enlightenment on the struggles and challenges we face in the western provinces in our fishery. I'm hoping that someday there will be changes, positive changes, for our fishery and our c

Fisheries committee  I'd say half of them would need some significant investment. The other ones.... Some of the damage was caused during flooding. In our first nations communities we don't have the Cadillac versions that we have in Gimli Harbour. A few planks and poles and gravel--that's all it need

Fisheries committee  I've never heard of them.

Fisheries committee  I understand.

Fisheries committee  What are they called?

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  We have a lot of issues with the marketing operation. We all know the pickerel is the fish with the highest value, and that's the priority of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation. They want the pickerel in the volumes that it can come in. Those times also impede the other

Fisheries committee  Oh, yes. The pickerel is fine.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I think there's a need for dual marketing of those other species.

Fisheries committee  It adds value and it also creates jobs in our communities. If we bring the processing back into our community, that creates a few jobs. It doesn't make sense to be a big, centralized processing plant in the big city of Winnipeg, when there could be other opportunities for process

Fisheries committee  Yes, there are locations where there are some large marshes, which could absorb some of that water as it drains and allow the natural spawning to take place and everything else. I'm sure it could be worked out. It could be worked out.