Fisheries committee  Yes, I believe it probably will. For the scallop buffer zones that were implemented in 1997, part of the reason we did that in 1997 was to protect habitat for lobster, rock crab, and things like that. Yes, it will help, but the big thing we're very concerned about right now is

Fisheries committee  Ian has passed that over to me, Mr. Morrissey. I'll speak to some of the things that have been done in the past 10 years in the three LFAs on P.E.I. I'll start with 26A under the ASLM. It took 19,700 traps out of their LFA and retired 33 licences. I believe area 25 is somewhat

Human Resources committee  I would like to comment on it. It is a great question. When I started in the 1970s, I could fish six months of the year. I put my boat in the water around April 15 and I could fish scallops for two weeks before I started lobster-fishing. Right after lobster-fishing, I was at the

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. A lot of the time we'll take people out to see if they're going to be able to cut it or not, sort to speak, on the boat. If you're familiar with the fishing industry in the Magdalens, it's not a whole lot different in P.E.I. than there. A lot of this

Human Resources committee  Yes, there are courses at Transport Canada that you can take. There are courses there where you can familiarize yourself with a boat and things like that. What we find here is that they need some hands-on experience.

Human Resources committee  With your boat, your gear, and things like that, you're doing quite a bit of work, yes.

Human Resources committee  Pardon me?

Human Resources committee  We're getting our gear ready and things like that. We're preparing a good part of the year for the actual fishing season. We're getting gear ready and stuff like that a good part of the year.