Fisheries committee  Thank you. From a global perspective, Canada has a very, very strong reputation as having a solid compliance and enforcement regime in place. We are viewed as leaders. We are viewed as a country that can help developing nations in enhancing their capacity. Yes, I can put my own

Fisheries committee  Yes, exactly, and that would be very common. It's in the Fisheries Act and in other legislation.

Fisheries committee  Yes, there are places that are considered areas that you would not normally enter into.

Fisheries committee  There are clearly processes under regional fisheries management organizations that deal with vessels that are fishing illegally, and processes that are put in place. This particular bill really will focus on where a flag state requests a vessel to come into Canadian port to be in

Fisheries committee  There is nothing specifically in this bill that would address that issue.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Tom. The bill will allow greater collaboration between us and the Canada Border Services Agency, which has the responsibility for product entering into Canada. It will clarify the rules around exchanging information. It will allow both departments to access databases

Fisheries committee  In response to the earlier question, I have breakdowns I have to go through, but going back to 2002, there were 34 citations issued. In 2014, there were nine. Since 2002 we've seen that steady trend downward. When there are changes in measures, sometimes we see a slight peak upwa

Fisheries committee  No, we do not.

Fisheries committee  No, I have nothing here, and I don't know if there has been an evaluation done on that.

Fisheries committee  Not with me.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I don't know. It might take a minute to get to it—

Fisheries committee  Yes—

Fisheries committee  Individual departments and agencies have their own rules around what they can share. They collect information for certain purposes, and they only collect and share that information for those purposes. This will give clarity to exactly what Fisheries and Oceans and Canadian Border

Fisheries committee  That's correct. It's standard legal language.