Fisheries committee  Some of the things we heard when we were on the west coast, the common theme of the small craft harbour tour we did in B.C., was that people who had good, strong harbour authorities, well-organized, well-coordinated and so on, seemed to be doing much better than harbours in commu

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. T hank you, witnesses, for appearing before us today to give us the benefit of your personal experiences from the communities in which you live, especially for you, Todd, since the region in which you live is vast, as you suggested. It's a pleasure to be he

Fisheries committee  Yes, and certainly it's not existing on the east coast.

Fisheries committee  We're done.

Fisheries committee  The other comment that a couple of gentlemen made, and one of the scientists we had that I think Moira Brown mentioned, was that some of the right whales were entangled in active fishing gear, yet some were entangled in ghost fishing gear. What is the department doing about tryi

Fisheries committee  You mentioned as well in your report that the measures included fostering innovation in fishing technologies and methods, and you said the department continues to do so. Can you elaborate on that a little?

Fisheries committee  Thank you for that. There probably are a number of questions I could ask, but I want to get to Ms. Gelfand for a second. In your statement, in paragraph number 2, you mentioned there are about 40 species of marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and seals and that 14 populati

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. Ms. Gelfand is becoming very familiar. We've seen her on a number of occasions in different committees. A couple of questions I want to focus on are primarily on the east coast of the country, which I'm mo

Fisheries committee  All right. Thank you very much. Again, on the entanglement piece, Mr. Morrissey mentioned the ghost gear question, of course, and asked that question. If you listen to some people back in eastern Canada, Ocean Quest and some others talk about a major problem with ghost gear. I

Fisheries committee  Finally, I guess in terms of.... How much time do I have, Mr. Chair?

Fisheries committee  Concerning vessel strikes, I know there were some complaints from private operators about the speeds for vessels and so on, because it impacted their crossings from central Canada to ports like St. John's, but I guess the success of the past year or so suggests that there might b

Fisheries committee  I want to get back to the seal question. I know we're talking about endangered whales and we're talking about the issues on the Pacific coast at this point, but in eastern Canada we have a major problem with seals. As you are probably well aware, since the early 1990s, I guess,

Fisheries committee  The other question I was going to ask was for Moira, and the question was asked earlier. Some of the fishing organizations and people in eastern Canada also talk about whales. You hear from lobster fishermen and other people about whales not interacting with fishermen in less t

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a couple of questions. Before I get to the questions, this could be a roundabout way of doing it, but there are a couple of things I want to say . I live in Newfoundland and Labrador, on the south coast. I see fish farms in the area in which I live

Fisheries committee  How many small craft harbours are expected to benefit from the additional funding over the next two years? How is the allocation of funds decided upon for each individual small craft harbour?