Fisheries committee  That's based on their science, yes. That was in the paper yesterday.

Fisheries committee  Depending on the year, it's somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 fish. In an exceptional year, such as 1996, I think, we had 5,600 fish. That's all; we have a small run.

Fisheries committee  Probably.

Fisheries committee  Most of the research I've seen was done in Europe. I haven't seen any research done on the east coast of Canada. Many places in Scotland and England have programs where they cull cormorants on an annual basis. You have to do it in an organized fashion. You decide the maximum po

Fisheries committee  I can tell you about the complexities of the regulations for recreational fishing. Let's say you were fishing in the Margaree River. I don't know if anybody is that familiar with the Margaree River, but you could be fishing in a pool in the river that has a tributary entering i

Fisheries committee  Well, I think man is a top predator there as well. Look at Atlantic salmon in particular. Just stop and look at the data that the new committee is looking about what's happening in Iceland, Quebec, and in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Tonnes and tonnes of Atlantic salmon are being h

Fisheries committee  I believe it's my comments you were referring to. We certainly agree that having responsible fishers on any river adds to the security of that river. I agree with your comments. We can't expect enforcement to be policing our rivers and to just forget about them, and having respo

Fisheries committee  Yes, certainly. The meeting was called by Leroy MacEachern from the Antigonish DFO office. He called a number of interest groups. As far as I know, all who were called did attend. I've already mentioned who was there, but I think that having the recreational and commercial peopl

Fisheries committee  That would be the Unama'ki group in our area that does representation for the first nations fishery. The scientific research I mentioned earlier concerning catching the slink bass is done under a special permit. The special permit is issued by DFO. Included in the special permit

Fisheries committee  Well, I find that it would be easy to criticize DFO, and I don't find that there's anything to gain by doing that. If I look at what's invested in the east coast—

Fisheries committee  Good. If I look at the minister's announcements in April through May, with $400,000 for Nova Scotia and $57 million for B.C., are we going to gain anything by being critical? No. We're trying to take a positive approach. We have an opportunity now to work closely with the scien

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon. My name is Bill Haley, as Lester mentioned. I am the vice-president and a lifetime member with the Margaree Salmon Association. I'm also a lifetime member with the Cape Breton Anglers Association. As this is concerning recreational fisheries, I would like to go o