Fisheries committee  I noted you had that discussion with the previous witnesses earlier this afternoon. I think they gave a very good response to that question.

Fisheries committee  They thought that perhaps there was value in having that discussion. I think I would be stretching beyond my mandate if I gave an answer on behalf of the independent harvesters.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for your question. My French is not very good, so I'm going to answer in English. It's a good question. I haven't looked too closely at the agriculture programs, because I felt like they were an apples-and-oranges comparison to the wild capture fishery. Having looked

Fisheries committee  I'm afraid I'm at a bit of a loss, because I'm not familiar with that strategy or plan.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, may I take those 20 seconds? I think the most important thing to think about, as Ms. Zarrillo said earlier, is that a ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I think that investing in adaptation proactively rather than reactively would be very valuable.

Fisheries committee  They weren't in the path of the storm. There may have been some processors that were damaged by the storm, but they weren't within our membership. In response to Fiona, things were very quiet in terms of my members calling me and discussing what the impact was on them directly.

Fisheries committee  Yes, the insurance costs for business insurance and marine insurance to insure vessels and also the processing plants and all that are of great concern to our members. The price has been going up; premiums have been going up. There have been ever-increasing exclusions in the cove

Fisheries committee  That's a good question. I'm not privy to the specifics of the individual policies of members. They just generally complain about the premiums and the deductibles. I think there's probably a good question to be had on some comparables between the fishery sector and aquaculture a

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Bragdon. That's a very good question. Because I don't represent the harvesters who are on all the wharves, and certainly the ones who were directly impacted by Fiona, I'm not really in a position to say too much about that, but every little bit helps, for sure.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the committee for the invitation to appear. It's a great pleasure to be back here in person for the first time in this Parliament. As many of you know, the Fisheries Council of Canada is the national trade association representing processors acr

Fisheries committee  Certainly. As I said in my opening remarks, Canada is taking a dynamic approach to the closures in order to protect right whales. I think you have heard overwhelming evidence that it is more effective than static closures, and it's not as disruptive to the fishing industry even t

Fisheries committee  Very quickly, I have no problem with aiming high to achieve high. Ambitious targets are always a good thing, but I think we also have to be realistic. I think you've heard overwhelming testimony so far that the current targets or deadlines are not realistic or feasible.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. I think DFO often tends to look at the ocean ecosystem and marine mammals more so than the industry as an economic driver for coastal communities. Yes, I think they are putting more weight on protecting the ecosystem and various parts of it, more so t

Fisheries committee  No, I'm not directly aware of any discussions between DFO and the U.S. senators or NOAA, although I do believe DFO and NOAA are talking about the comparability findings for Canada, which is a bit of a separate issue. One thing that we've done is that we've been sharing informati

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. As many of you know, the Fisheries Council of Canada is the national trade association representing wild-capture processors across the country, all of whom also harvest. We promot