Fisheries committee  I know they have tried a number of things. Like you say, they have had—

Fisheries committee  Yes. They tried that and then they got to eliminating them.

Fisheries committee  Do you mean as it relates to pushing back against addressing this issue we all share, or we all seem to be landing in the same place—

Fisheries committee  I can't know, because I'm certainly not in that camp. I feel like I'm reasonably familiar with the issue. However, it appears that the information used by some groups is appealing to urban populations that are not familiar with the circumstances. They see a picture of an animal w

Fisheries committee  I think that's an excellent avenue, and it's a very compelling argument for first nations to help share this information and have it be adopted more readily than other groups could.

Fisheries committee  I'd say, as a general comment, that Washington state, particularly, and Oregon as well, have observed, as I noted in one of the remarks.... They have noted the problem with quite a bit of care, and they've taken on tackling the issue already. There are examples, particularly in

Fisheries committee  I'd be glad to do that. Yes, I think the issue at hand here is that, in the 1970s, we took pinnipeds away from the ecosystem management approach. We're suffering the consequences of that now. To then look at this situation as we find it right now and explain that this is return

Fisheries committee  Yes, it's a short answer to a long time. I agree. Right from early childhood, I've spent my time fishing on the coast in and around some of the very same environments that are now observing this tremendous.... They are basically being overwhelmed by pinnipeds. This is somethi

Fisheries committee  They are opportunistic animals and so part of the problem is that there is now enough of a population that they're in places where they might ordinarily have appeared seasonally when they know that the smolts are coming out or the adults are coming in. Now they are there all year

Fisheries committee  Thank you. I will do that. I just note that I was targeting six minutes. I understand that the statement has been distributed ahead of time. I'll do my very best, but I'm aware of the time. The Sport Fishing Institute of B.C. is an advocacy organization, established in 1980, r

Fisheries committee  Thanks, Ms. Barron. I will respond to that. Yes, absolutely, it has profound trickle-down affects on the activity itself and on displacing effort. The season is compressed in these particular areas in a large chunk of the southern coast of British Columbia, so the season is com

Fisheries committee  Thanks, Mr. Arnold. I would suggest that it's quite variable depending on the particular issue and the discussion at hand and on the first nation. It's a challenge in consistency of communication, and certainly if it's coordinated with DFO it's even more challenging, because the

Fisheries committee  That's a challenging question.

Fisheries committee  Yes, of course. I believe it's an obvious problem. There's a lot of evidence to say that predation, by pinnipeds particularly, is an issue. Where to start or how to tackle that challenge is difficult. I'm afraid I don't have a silver bullet, other than to say that something sur

Fisheries committee  Sure. I'm sorry, Phil.