Fisheries committee  I think that one place where Canada could really do better is by providing stronger protection for our MPAs, and I'm glad that more attention is being paid to that need right now. We really do need to begin implementing marine protected area networks and move from this site-by-si

Fisheries committee  I think up until now we've actually taken quite a lot of time to do consultations with stakeholders, to gather the relevant information and science, and to review that during the process. It it has taken quite a long time. Many stakeholders are around each of the tables for each

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Yes, certainly. “Full protection” means that all fisheries would be closed and all industrial uses would be prohibited in an area. Based on the analysis we've done at this point, that's about 1% of the ocean in Canada. We think there is still some way to go to provide better pr

Fisheries committee  Yes, of course.

Fisheries committee  I believe about 1% now is fully protected, yes.

Fisheries committee  Certainly I could provide some information on that. It's my intention to submit a written brief with full references, and I could certainly look into that further for you as well.

Fisheries committee  It's interesting that this meeting is happening right now in Washington, to look at that more clearly and to provide some more detailed recommendations. We've been thinking about this for a long time, and certainly industrial-type activities don't belong in our protected areas, w

Fisheries committee  Certainly, their food supply does need to be protected. From the research that's being done by scientists studying the southern resident killer whales, we now know their critical habitat. The scientists have defined an area that the whales rely on when they spend are in the Strai

Fisheries committee  They can't necessarily protect all elements, and certainly a lot more needs to be done on the chinook fishery to protecting chinook stocks. A whole lot of interrelationships here need to be addressed and a number of threats to the killer whales beyond just.... There's the food, t

Fisheries committee  Certainly enforcement is a key element in the long-term management of a marine protected area. There are many elements to that, and there are different ways to do it. I know that in Australia they use overflights, and there are a lot of electronic tools that fishing boats now nee

Fisheries committee  No, not yet. I'm still working on it.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, and good morning, everyone. I'm really pleased to be here today representing the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, also known as CPAWS. We're a national grassroots conservation charity, with 13 chapters across the country and a national office in Ottawa. We've w

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Environment committee  They were our reports.