Fisheries committee  Prevention, of course, is the essential component of what everyone here wants to see in any freshwater marine environment and ecosystem, but it's the response that's there as well. As I highlighted previously on the green crab issue in Placentia Bay and St. George's Bay here in N

Fisheries committee  I was strictly refreshing a bit of history on how the world used to be before 90% to 95% of all trade on earth became marine. Between the ballast waters and the antifouling, it is virtually accessible to any species around the world. Unless strict measures are put in place to pre

Fisheries committee  Thank you for your question. On green crab introductions in Atlantic Canada and this province, I believe it was in the late 1980s when it was first found. Am I still being heard?

Fisheries committee  Green crab was found in the Maritimes in the late 1980s. In terms of the abundance of this green crab, first of all, when it was found, it took about a year for DFO to make a plan or to take action on it. Quite frankly, that is a crucial window of time and another perfect example

Fisheries committee  Hello to the honourable committee members who are here today. I would like to thank you for hosting this meeting. I'm not going to try to rehash a lot of what is being talked about here, but there are a lot of good points coming from the other witnesses who are speaking today.

Fisheries committee  We'd have to see the fine print for that, of course, from a legal point of view and a definition point of view with regard to the fine wording of it. I'm pretty sure a lot of people in the legal world know that what's on paper can be interpreted in many different ways by many dif

Fisheries committee  With regard to a commercial fishery, that's a hard question to answer. No one truly governs the ocean, Mr. Donnelly. I'm sure we all know that. The state of the oceans today, near and far across the world, is that 95% of our big fish of the sea are gone. Stocks of all sorts, near

Fisheries committee  From what I know it's very limited dealing with the food fisheries in general. At the time of year when people go out, in the limited times that they can go out, you have to keep in mind as well that we do have other things to do in this province besides go fishing every day whil

Fisheries committee  There is DFO present in various places. To what extent...? I would not say on every harbour, port, or dock in this province. Certainly not.

Fisheries committee  I can tell you that this year they've seen some of the biggest cods returned since the moratorium went into effect. A full-grown cod ages, most likely up to about 25 years. That's a pretty good estimate. With regard to their migration periods—and the ocean is getting warmer—they

Fisheries committee  For size at least, as well as numbers.

Fisheries committee  The economic input into the food fisheries is tremendous. The amount of money goes into fishing gears.... I think it's mainly for boats—of course, fibreglass boats—rods and reels from local shops, near and far across the province. Then you have all of the different types of sma

Fisheries committee  We are against that type of system for a couple of reasons. First of all, there is an economic reason. This province is having some pretty harsh times. I'm sure everyone knows that near and far. The prices of food and anything else here.... People want to put food on the table,

Fisheries committee  If you are looking to ensure the future of the fisheries in this province, and any NAFO zones that you want to look at from their jurisdictions and all the different sections that they have, I suggest you put an end to off-shore trawling, which pretty much devastated the entire c

Fisheries committee  If I could think of a fair number of days allocated to this province on the water, I would say 72 days.