Fisheries committee  As you say, we won't be able to provide a complete answer now. Transport has the main forum, which we call the Canadian advisory council, which meets twice a year in Ottawa and in each of the regions. In addition to that, there are a number of other bodies, but I think we will ha

Fisheries committee  There is no time limit to keep the record. As for the modification and the assessment, that's the reason there is a record. Some modifications are not enough by themselves to trigger a reassessment. They're minor. Others may be enough to trigger an assessment, and sometimes the

Fisheries committee  It's not based on time. It's based on the impact of the modification.

Fisheries committee  If someone is doing a five-foot extension, depending on the weight and the location of the extension, it's likely to be a modification that will trigger an assessment.

Fisheries committee  The Canada Shipping Act puts the responsibility for all vessels on the owner. Then when Transport Canada does either the mandatory inspection or the risk-based monitoring, the inspector will verify the report, have the discussion with the fishermen, and verify if the vessel was s

Fisheries committee  As I said before when talking about the inspection, it depends on the size of the vessel. Some vessels I've seen every year, some every four years. Others are risk-based, so there's no predetermined time.

Fisheries committee  It would be below 15 gross tonnage, which is an abstract measure, but we could say roughly 12 metres long.

Fisheries committee  Below that size, they're not inspected. When we say it's possible, it's not legal. All vessels have to be registered. The smaller ones do not have to be inspected by Transport Canada, but they have to meet the regulations.

Fisheries committee  We regulate all vessels, from zero to whatever the size. The inspection and the oversight are different. It's a risk-based inspection. The number of mandatory inspections increases with the size of the vessel. At the lower end, we don't have a mandatory inspection. At a certain s

Fisheries committee  There is. You're right that there is a standard and that's what Transport Canada is using.

Fisheries committee  With the new fishing vessel regulation that came into force in 2012, we have two lengths. The below-24-metre length standard is the standard coming from the international standard organization. For the above-24-metre length standard, we use the length from the international tonna

Fisheries committee  DFO regulates differently, and as Ms. Weldon said, we do not regulate DFO. If you'll allow me, there's a big difference though, in the way we regulate with length. Transport Canada does not prohibit length. Transport Canada regulations are based on a scale and, as the vessel size

Fisheries committee  We have a memorandum of understanding with DFO, such that we meet and discuss these issues, and we have discussed that issue. Obviously, there is no uniformity at this point.

Fisheries committee  Eleven years.