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Fisheries committee I'm skeptical on the dam. I've never personally seen it. I've read reports on it; I have talked to people who have worked on it. I guess I'm not sure how effective it is. I hear people who work on it and assure me that it's effective and that no Asian carp can get by, but their l
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee Yes, and I hope it's not too late. I'm very scared.
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee We're the only commercial plant in the Sarnia area. Depending on the wintertime ice floes and stuff like that, if there's a lot of west wind and southwest wind and the ice is bad in February, we could have five or six boats fishing out of Sarnia. If the wind is really bad out of
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee With the economy and the way it is, we've changed our focus. Back in the 1990s, when you could get an extra 60ยข on the dollar, we shipped almost everything to the States, and that's where we made some money, with the exchange rate. Once the exchange rate changed, we had to change
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee I don't think anybody really knows that, Pat, but I think if you look where the Asian carp have been and how they've moved through water systems, once they go through there's nothing left behind them. I think what happens is that once they get into the Great Lakes and they start
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee The whitefish in Lake Huron are very strong right now. The lake herring disappeared, and they're slowly coming back. They came back strong enough in northern Lake Huron that they were reintroduced to the quota system. We were put back on a quota for the herring. When they show
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee I heard yesterday, on the way up, that they've also caught two very large walleye, the largest they've caught in a number of years also. Personally, I think as long as the alewife are gone, the salmon fishery are going to stay small fish. What we've noticed with the lake trout
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy
Fisheries committee I'm very fortunate. I brought my kids here today: my daughter, Leigha Purdy, and my son, Josiah Purdy, the next generation of our fishery, I hope. I'm a little nervous. I'm sorry. I'll probably just read this. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to speak here this aft
May 2nd, 2012Committee meeting
Tim Purdy