Fisheries committee  In the case of Hecate Strait there's no compensation because we're moving the fisheries opportunity outside of the area so there's no need for compensation. We have never compensated with money or contributions a fishery. We try to adapt to provide them with other opportunities.

Fisheries committee  I will have to give you a short answer, sorry. This is Parks Canada's jurisdiction. I'm not aware of any consultations—

Fisheries committee  Marine conservation areas are also under Parks Canada legislation. They're not under the Oceans Act. The MPAs that are under our responsibility are the MPAs that we do in the oceans, not on the rivers.

Fisheries committee  No. We don't have freshwater jurisdiction under the Oceans Act. When we designate an MPA—this is the process we outlined earlier—it starts from an ecologically and biologically significant area, and we consult at that stage. After that, before it becomes an area of interest, we

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure I get what exactly you want to ask.

Fisheries committee  Well, it's due to consultations, very diverse interests, of course, that up front may be perceived as conflicting interests between the conservation and use and the economic impact, or the sustainability of fisheries and the economic activities. It takes time to engage and to ma

Fisheries committee  Right now we're talking with provinces and stakeholders. We have several potentials and when they are sufficiently advanced with the stakeholders, we'll have the potential impacts and they will be designated as areas of interest. Yes, sure, we can do that.

Fisheries committee  Right now we're looking at two potentially serious ones: the west coast offshore and in the northeast, north of Newfoundland, but we're also looking at other potentials so I cannot provide you with the boundaries or the scope right now because we are still talking to stakeholders

Fisheries committee  We are looking at several but we're not necessarily looking at turning them all into MPAs. We're looking at what the priorities should be.

Fisheries committee  We have several working groups at different levels and some permanent governance structures. The interdepartmental ocean committee is chaired at the DG level by Jeff, and at the ADM level by me, and it's also integrated. Some of those discussions also happen at the DM level throu

Fisheries committee  They are also coordinated through CCFAM, Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers subcommittee. It's called the ocean task group. Jeff is co-chairing that committee for DFO. All provinces are there, also ocean directors from DFO, and someone from Parks Canada, some

Fisheries committee  Yes, we do, and I'll ask Robert to add more. When we do an economic analysis and we see some impact, for example on a fishery more specifically, we also look at whether these fisheries allocations can be relocated outside of the area. If it's possible, we provide that. It's alway

Fisheries committee  No, not necessarily. As previously mentioned, we can, for example, permit some fisheries depending on the gear or the method of fishing and forbid other types of fisheries. It really depends on the conservation agenda. For example, if you're trying to protect sponges, bottom traw

Fisheries committee  Exactly. It depends on the conservation objectives that the MPA sets. If we're protecting fish habitat, and the science tells us that we can continue to have shipping or certain commercial fisheries that will not affect the MPA conservation objectives, then yes. We always look a

Fisheries committee  Jeff may have more details, but on average it takes between five and seven years—more towards the seven-year time frame—to designate an MPA.