International Trade committee  Martin's a man of the world.

International Trade committee  I would concur. We're the mechanism by which we transfer payments from consumers into the pockets of rural Newfoundlanders and Labradorians through the sale of fish.

International Trade committee  Are you talking about kinds of fish or numbers?

International Trade committee  That's a good question, but I will answer it in English.

International Trade committee  On the first question, I think the figure is just over 10% in the MSC program. There are some other competitor labels as well. I could send the committee some information afterwards, just to be sure, but I think it's around 10%, and increasingly more fisheries under assessment.

International Trade committee  Internationally, Canada is one of the leaders in this, absolutely. As I think Martin mentioned, most of your seafood is under MSC labels. On the Red Lobster piece, Martin can speak to it more specifically. It is increasingly prevalent in the marketplace, both in the restaurant t

International Trade committee  This is simply a historical note that might be of interest to the committee. The MSC label, the world's most pre-eminent label for eco-certification, was actually developed on the back of the groundfish moratorium. It was when Unilever and the WWF and other organizations asked: i

International Trade committee  Good morning. Welcome to our province, and thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee to share our position regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, or TPP. Let me first make some quick remarks regarding the association—who we are, what we do—and th

Fisheries committee  I would echo what Alberto said. The investment in science is important. The movement to the two- and three-year cycles probably made more sense or could be more justified with shellfish in terms of the nature of the species and what we knew about it, with the science that we buil

Fisheries committee  That's the “alleged” purpose. I put “alleged” in remarks now, but....

Fisheries committee  I don't have particular thoughts other than to say that I would support that. I think there's a challenge. Section 7 of the federal Fisheries Act gives absolute discretion to the federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. We'd like to see a change to that in respect of moving th

Fisheries committee  Despite the evident youth you see here on the panel—

Fisheries committee  —we have the lowest birth rate in the country, and that's including any U.S. state, and the oldest population in the country. It's a remarkable change from the 1970s. I'm a little less optimistic. I think we have significant challenges in terms of our labour force. The recent ch

Fisheries committee  I would concur with Keith. We always appreciate the science—more science and good science. I made the point, and I was explicit in making it in my remarks, that we need to avoid an impressionistic sense of what's out there. Open-line radio can't rebuild cod. The old joke around

Fisheries committee  It's a very political question in Newfoundland and Labrador. We understand, as an industry, that there will be a role for the recreational fishery. Let me leave it at this. We would think that removals have to be tracked. We support the tagging initiative of the minister. I don