Fisheries committee  Definitely. Lac Saint-Pierre is a widening of the St. Lawrence. At one end, in Sorel, the catch limit is 50 yellow perch, and that's also the case slightly downstream from the bridge, towards the Batiscan sector. The restriction applies only to the Lac Saint-Pierre sector. Area experts probably wanted to protect reproduction areas by preventing yellow perch fishing there.

Fisheries committee  It came mainly from the provincial government, regional management at the ministry of forestry, wildlife and parks. They are responsible for the file and made the decisions. At the federal level, we had the opportunity to work with such groups as the Bureau environnement et terre d'Odanak.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for inviting us to your committee. My name is Jean Lévesque. I am the president of the Association des pêcheurs de Lac St-Pierre. My colleague, Marcel Bouchard, is also a member of our association. The Association des pêcheurs du Lac St-Pierre was created in response to the decision by the Quebec Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (forests, wildlife and parks) to impose a five-year moratorium on fishing yellow perch.