Fisheries committee  Could I ask Mr. Young to chip in on this conversation as well?

Fisheries committee  Mr. Sporer.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all of the witnesses today. I'm going to start with Mr. Edwards. You used the term “common denominator” when you talked about the fishery. You were saying that active fishers are not profiting and that quota licence owners are reaping profits

Fisheries committee  Mr. Nobels, you said that ITQs are destructive. You talked about transferability versus buying in and other problems with the ITQs. From your perspective, how do you fix or modify the current ITQ model?

Fisheries committee  David, you made reference to married licences and that they should disappear. Do you think that's a simple solution? Can you elaborate a little on that?

Fisheries committee  Peter, you talked about ITQs and said they delivered on conservation objectives, but no real socio-economic value for fishers or communities. Should it be changed and if so, how?

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Joy, you mentioned you represent harvesters and plant workers. One of the comments you made was that most people want out, but can't afford to quit and young people want in, but can't afford to buy in. You talked about the concentration of resources in the hands of a

Fisheries committee  Thank you to our guests. I'm not sure if I have a lot of questions for you gentlemen today, because it seems like your crazy fishery has fluctuating numbers. Some of the stuff I've read here says that in March 2018 DFO released its findings showing that the southern Gulf of St.

Fisheries committee  Okay. I just wanted to make that correction to make sure I understood that. The other thing you mentioned was that the reason for the decline in the biomass probably has to do more with environmental cold and rough winters. Is that a major contributing factor from your perspecti

Fisheries committee  Mr. Wilson, I just want to ask you a couple of questions around some of these crazy numbers I was talking about. In your view, what has led to the rapid increase of the striped bass populations, some of these numbers in particular here?

Fisheries committee  For both of you, I guess, what relationship, if any, does your organization have with DFO in estimating the striped bass population?

Fisheries committee  Mr. Mallet.

Fisheries committee  Okay, thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Burns, for that information and clarification of some of the key points here. I have a few questions. The main concern raised about captivity of cetaceans relates to their well-being. Are there measures other than legislated ban on captivity of cetaceans that coul

Fisheries committee  I'm curious if legislation is always necessary to bring about the change we want. Vancouver Aquarium is appearing later today, and I know they have concerns regarding the Criminal Code aspects of the bill making it more difficult to do their research. Do you have any comments