Fisheries committee  With respect to the killer whales, we are proactively looking at measures to reduce vessel noise and increase access to foraging areas, and looking at measures to help us ensure that vessel traffic stays out of those critical habitat areas for the southern residents.

Fisheries committee  For sure, the commissioner had some serious comments about aquaculture. We're quite focused on making sure we complete the assessments on key diseases. As I mentioned, we're working with the provinces to make sure we are lined up with their priorities, and we're looking at streng

Fisheries committee  It's a yes, sorry. I wanted to try to fill in every....

Fisheries committee  As I mentioned, I was talking to my B.C. colleague last night. I met with him a couple of weeks ago. We're really engaged with them very often, and we're trying to be supportive and make sure we are on the ground and appropriately executing our role, and supporting the province w

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. We're very happy to speak with them. One of the things we're trying to make sure we do is to bring our best possible advice on any topic. Where there are international experts or opportunities to maximize our understanding and benefit, we'l

Fisheries committee  I'm really surprised. I'm sorry about that correlation. We do fisheries enforcement, and we do think that's an important part of our mandate. However, I'd be really shocked that there would be any sort of conclusion about reprisal. I don't think that's in our makeup. Again, it

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. From our perspective, we look at our ability to do environmental response. We have not done a direct correlation with that. We do look at vessel traffic and any increase in vessel traffic. It's pretty interesting. We do look at, for example

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. The department doesn't have information about the specifics of that at the moment. We've not received that information. The department is continuing to go through the process.

Fisheries committee  We have not actually yet given a licence to any of the...for the fourth licence. That has not occurred yet.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. We went through an “expression of interest” process and we're continuing to work with the proponent that was chosen, but a licence has not yet been given, and we're working through the process—

Fisheries committee  We, through the department, were able to provide the minister with options, looking at the benefits potentially coming to reallocating this fishery. We gave seven options to the minister to take a look at and to make a selection through the—

Fisheries committee  We looked at the proposals that came in. Again, we received nine. Two were clearly ineligible. They just did not meet the bar. The remaining were assessed against criteria: again, direct significant benefits to indigenous communities; contribution to conservation was an important

Fisheries committee  One of the things we look at if I—

Fisheries committee  Respectfully, what I would like to expand on is that we look at the science. We look at the access—

Fisheries committee  We look at a number of pieces. In terms of value, there are a number of ways you could break that out, whether you want to push it to science, indigenous access, or commercial value. We're doing our very best to go through a new process.