Human Resources committee  Yes. I wouldn't say, by the way, that we have labour shortages in the fishing industry. I've heard no interest expressed by our members in temporary foreign workers, for example, but there is difficulty in acquiring crew. The skill set that is most in demand—because it's a stude

Human Resources committee  I'm not too sure how the question applies to my sector. I think it's my own failure to understand, but....

Human Resources committee  I believe so. It's a big and complicated issue, and there are differences between the coasts that may bear comparison for the outcomes we're interested in here. I think your study of 2005 will indicate significant differences between the coasts with respect to opportunity for the

Human Resources committee  There are some issues. To be specific, we're currently doing a study, a skills needs assessment, in relation to new training required by regulation. It's not easy to get at the data we need. Transport Canada has certain data around registered vessels. Transport Canada is setting

Human Resources committee  If I could quickly reply to that, as I alluded to at the end of my brief opening presentation, we did have access to databases and surveys that provided a really terrific amount of information. In fact the sector study that I distributed is a widely sourced document by provincial

Human Resources committee  I would simply say that as we learn more details and hear from our members—because there will be different regional impacts with any changes—then we would like the opportunity to appear before this committee or participate in any other process in regard to those changes.

Human Resources committee  Briefly, it's really hard to know until we have more details what the specific impacts are. I would guess that as far as the availability of crew in the inshore fishery goes, given some of the regulatory requirements for training, to address what we all know are outstanding safet

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My comments are brief, and we look forward to the members' questions. The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters is the National Human Resource Sector Council for the Canadian fish harvesting industry. The council is a non-profit organization. We