Fisheries committee  We're not looking at single-point failure, in the sense that it's not because you put an extension on your vessel and extra prawn cages on board that you are automatically unstable. However, in some circumstances what we're seeing is that potentially they don't know exactly the s

Fisheries committee  It's down from the previous year.

Fisheries committee  That's correct. We have in many cases.

Fisheries committee  We found the stern extension, and we've got several examples where the fishermen modified their vessels to operate within DFO management measures. In the Five Star accident, the TSB investigation found that the vessel's original construction met licence length restrictions. Howev

Fisheries committee  It's not systemic. They wouldn't do it themselves, but it would be up to the regulator to determine if the vessel falls under the regulation. That's the part that TC is responsible for. The mariner, the fisherman, will adjust the length according to the DFO regulations and the ty

Fisheries committee  TSB does not use a measurement. We assess the measurement done by TC and done by DFO. We came up with the fact that they're not always using the same measures.

Fisheries committee  Yes. It could be that TC would do from bow to stem, and this would meet the regulations, either the small vessel regulations or the large vessel regulations. If the fisherman decides to add on an extension, that extension would be covered by the TC regulations, but it would not

Fisheries committee  I've been the Director of Investigations for seven years.

Fisheries committee  The process is done on the west coast, and we feel that the west coast is doing a good job on that. We do wonder why it's not done the same way by DFO on the east coast. If it works on the west coast, it should be able to work on the east coast.