Finance committee  We have a group called the Genesis Centre at Memorial that focuses on that entrepreneurial side. Within my institute, we have a marine bioprocessing research lab. We have doctors, post-doctorates, graduate students who are focused on deriving value from waste streams. My focus

Finance committee  I think there's interest. I know there's interest, and I see the industry here. They're talking much more about moving towards more of a value-based approach. They're realizing, particularly with capture fisheries.... I think the argument on capture fisheries in this region is ab

Finance committee  The market already exists for cod. Norway produces almost one million tonnes of cod per year, Iceland about 230,000 tonnes of cod. I've always advocated, and I think most would agree with me, that there is always a market for good-quality seafood. The key differential is the valu

Finance committee  That's both a public policy consideration and an industry consideration. Again, looking to Iceland, they have a zero discard policy. If you catch it, you bring it in, and they deal with it through the quota structure and arrangement they have in place. We don't have that here, an

Finance committee  That's a very good question and we talk a lot about it. In my view the solution is probably a three-pronged approach for maintaining an available workforce for the industry of the future. One is to attract and retain to the degree that we can the existing workforce in the local

Finance committee  I could spend a lot of time on that topic. We are in the midst of a shift here right now in our industry. We've gone from a shellfish-dominated industry in this province, which has been very lucrative. Our industry last year was worth about $1.3 billion and snow crab and norther

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and committee members. The views I am going to be expressing today are my views, but are grounded in my capacity as the head of the school of fisheries here at the fisheries and marine institute of Memorial University, and in my capacity as industry co-