Fisheries committee  Sorry, did you say who?

Fisheries committee  That's an interesting question. How can I answer that question?

Fisheries committee  I think that who defines it is the user, who defines it is the stakeholder, and who should define it are the people who—in any respects—are affected.

Fisheries committee  DFO is absolutely a stakeholder.

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure that I can answer. DFO has loads of science. I think that the one activity that is currently robust at DFO is the aquaculture activity regulations, the AAR, which define the use of the waters, how the industry is going to be regulated from the federal level, and try

Fisheries committee  Not very far offshore. I would separate it out between finfish and shellfish aquaculture. Shellfish aquaculture is traditionally very close to shore. Particularly in the north shore of Nova Scotia, a lot of bottom culture oyster farming and cultivation is going on right now, and

Fisheries committee  This again comes back to part of the problem of the process to date, where I believe one of the MPAs that's being discussed—although not with us, and as I said, we discussed this with our DFO colleagues this week—would affect current oyster and mussel operations in one region of

Fisheries committee  I don't think so. We have a good relationship with the ASF and Jon Carr, and I think they support.... As a matter of fact, I talked earlier about the salmon traceability committee. ASF is on that committee in Nova Scotia to identify ways to ensure that farmed salmon and trout, if

Fisheries committee  Speaking specifically for Nova Scotia, for the past 11 years the province of Nova Scotia has not treated for sea lice.

Fisheries committee  It starts out at the hatchery. All fish in all categories are now vaccinated right from smolt level. There is a lot of conversation about biomass, about how many fish are in the water in Nova Scotia right now. We haven't treated for sea lice in 10 or 11 years now.

Fisheries committee  Yes, or salmon anemia..... We don't have those issues in Nova Scotia.

Fisheries committee  No.

Fisheries committee  Yes. The other thing is, in terms of the use of any antibiotics, there is only one opportunity for the issuance of any of those, and that is the provincial veterinarian. He has to sign the order. It's not in a practice where the farmer can make those decisions. It's the provincia

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Sure. In our opinion, it really is the production of quality seafood, the cultivation of the seafood, the growing, farming, harvesting, and reproduction of quality seafood, and the management of the operations in a profitable manner.