Fisheries committee  I'll try to answer the question the same way I answered the commissioner of the environment and sustainable development. An IFMP needs to be taken in two parts. The first is an IFMP as a piece of paper, and the second is the integrated fisheries management plan as a process. As

Fisheries committee  Sure. We can provide you whichever ones are currently available, but the process itself doesn't change. The science assessments are undertaken, advisory committees will meet and industry and indigenous partners provide their views. Those views are considered as part of the reco

Fisheries committee  The piece of paper? I can't tell you off the top of my head because each region does its own, but we can get those for you for sure.

Fisheries committee  It should be on the department's website as catch statistics over the years. I'm trying to remember if cod is broken down by the zones or if it's broken down individually. We easily could provide this committee the catches from the 1970s and later for where we have data, if that'

Fisheries committee  It would likely pop up first in the CSAS reports that science prepares, because they usually have their catch history in there. It would not be broken down by fleet. It would be broken down by Canadian catches and foreign catches, but if there is a desire for a greater breakdown

Fisheries committee  The working group's been working on this one, I think, for almost two years, but the minister made a one-year decision this year. I'm asking that working group to continue its work and to try to complete it in advance to assist in making a decision for 2017.

Fisheries committee  Do you mean the date by which the decision will have to be made? Decisions for northern cod are normally made by May or June of the year. Decisions on recreational cod would normally have to be made in advance of that. I think the timeline is there. It's a question of whether th

Fisheries committee  I don't know if you would call it a study. I think we would call it “how do we implement the precautionary approach in the stock”. I can't tell you what the chair is committed to, but I know the minister's hope was that they could achieve something and some consensus by the time

Fisheries committee  I'm not a member of the committee that's working on it, but there is a recovery plan. Much as they did in 3Ps cod, as you might be aware, the WWF, the Government of Canada, industry processors, and the Government of Newfoundland are all working together in development of this rec