Fisheries committee  This is a management approach we put in place about 30 years ago. In order to be able to do so, you have to be able to evaluate the quantity of salmon at the end of the season and calculate how many salmon come back to the rivers. That is made easier in Quebec because in most riv

Fisheries committee  Yes. Over those years, researchers at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, oceanographers, have shown that in the Labrador Sea in particular, that is to say in the salmon--and cod--wintering zones, water temperatures have been abnormally cold during several consecutive years.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that is unique to Quebec. These are local associations that are close to the rivers. Let's take the city of Gaspé as an example; a group of citizens there can indicate that it is interested in managing the fishery in the rivers there. It then signs a contract with the Gover

Fisheries committee  The mortality rate of the species varies according to the conditions of the habitat. When the water is warm, mortality is higher, and it varies from 2% to 10%. This is how we see that phenomenon: a harvested salmon will die 100% of the time. However, 90% to 98% of those that are

Fisheries committee  I did not want to imply that Quebec has not suffered from the decline in salmon. It was also affected by it. Generally speaking, in the North Atlantic region, both on the European and the Canadian side, the salmon populations that suffered the most were the ones located in the s

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear here today. Let me introduce myself briefly. My name is François Caron and I am a biologist. In 1980, I began working for the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks of Que