Fisheries committee  There is a significant unreported catch that the DFO records each year. I can't remember the figure. I think it might be in the range of 100 tonnes. I must say that, for the life of me, I don't quite understand where that is happening. I could perhaps bother Mark to expand on tha

Fisheries committee  Well, yes. There are other methods of fishing. Trap nets in particular allow for the [Inaudible]. In a gill net, everything that enters is killed. With a trap net, everything that enters is released, one at a time, through a trap door. So large female spawners can be put back in

Fisheries committee  If may add to that, Mr. Chairman, many people do not understand that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans exercises authority for the Fisheries Act in all provinces except Quebec. I think it's under this 1922 agreement that Quebec has the authority, which is ordinarily held by

Fisheries committee  First of all, hello, Lawrence. I remember you well from my days in Ottawa. It's nice to see you again. I'm going to be very careful as well, because as a member of the national delegation I'm really only an advisor to the head of our delegation, who frequently doesn't take much

Fisheries committee  I think that everybody agrees that the Greenland fishery is an intercepting fishery. All the fish that Greenlanders catch are products of other countries. Yet, it is very difficult to deny them a fishery of some subsistence nature. The key is to try to keep the level of that subs

Fisheries committee  None of us at this table were on the task force, but we all were involved in one way or another in helping to promote the call for the task force. We think the task force is a very good response towards uncovering the needs and making the strong and right recommendations to the m

Fisheries committee  Well, the action plan that has been generally requested is first to establish limits on the angling harvest. Here in New Brunswick, for example, we are now totally a hook and release fishery. So there is no harvest of wild salmon at all. We hope that other provinces—Newfoundland

Fisheries committee  There have been major steps taken. In recent years there was a five-year program called SALSEA, conducted by NASCO organizations, in which Canada was a major player. We have to continue to do that kind of collaborative research, and that's ongoing. With respect to Saint-Pierre a

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I've been asked to make an opening statement on behalf of the Miramichi Salmon Association. With my submission I have submitted three graphs and a page of statistics, which apparently you do not have yet, but I would refer them to you for futur