Fisheries committee  Catch-and-release is the way of the future. Our great Lee Wulff, who is a very famous fly-fishing pioneer, has said, and if you look at his home shows and his writings from years and years ago he was saying the same thing, that catch-and-release is the way of the future.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Fisheries committee  When the moratorium on the commercial inshore fishery was called in 1992, the overall fishery was shut down altogether, both commercially and recreationally. It wasn't really referred to as a recreational fishery back in the day when the commercial fisheries were on the go. It w

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, in response to the member, I will point out that before the commercial fishery closed down in 1992, we Newfoundlanders and Labradorians had no limit, no season, no restrictions on us whatsoever. We were allowed to go out and catch fish for ourselves and our families

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, in response to the member, I'll say on a positive note that we can't understand why for the life of us.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, in response to the member, we would like to see the season extended to not quite three months. It would take in a lapse of time from sometime in July to sometime in September. It promotes safety, promotes fairness, promotes opportunity. It promotes our learning our

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, in response to the member, yes, there are outdoor conservation groups, fishing conservation groups with high integrity, such as, here in this province, SPAWN, the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland, out of western Newfoundland; the SAEN g

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, first of all, when I referred to the money going into a black hole, that happens everywhere, not only here in Newfoundland and Labrador of course.

Fisheries committee  The money should be allocated and put towards not only the conservation of the stocks, but also public education, including public education aimed at teaching our youth skills that have been lost over the years. I'd like to speak about the licence for a second, Mr. Member. I mus

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry, I didn't get your question, Ms. Davidson.

Fisheries committee  Also, that would be legal for me to have.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair. In response to the member, yes, sir, it is illegal to sell cod during the recreational food fishery. As for the stats, or if anything like that is going on, sir, I cannot say. I don't know from experience, and I don't think I'm the right person to answer that question

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, in response to the member's question about the young people, in my statement I was talking about the inshore fishery, which was a commercial fishery itself, where the skills and knowledge are not being passed down to the sons who would normally strike out on their own.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, in response to the member, you're absolutely right, sir. It is very valuable here to the economy. We cannot do anything about the winds. We cannot do anything about opportunities, but what is common sense, sir, for the federal DFO to do is to extend the overall seaso

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman, in response to the member, to the best of my knowledge the licences themselves will be quite similar or the same, except it would say “non-resident” or “resident”. As for the regulations, sir, I haven't been a fishing guide now for a number of years. I used to know