Fisheries committee  Okay. The other question I was wondering about is that some of the people talked about the preventive approach, of course, and trying to protect their waterways and their different regions of the country, whether it's from the zebra mussels or other invasive species. What is bei

Fisheries committee  You also mentioned in your presentation the coordinated effort of Fisheries and Oceans with Transport Canada regarding ballast water shipping and so on. Is that something of major concern, or is that something that's under control, from your perspective?

Fisheries committee  Okay, thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister, for being here, and to all of your officials. Minister, Clearwater Seafoods recently signed an agreement with several communities—actually, 14 Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador—on the future of the surf c

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Minister. I want you to know that, as I have already indicated, I fully support this proposal. It keeps jobs in my riding. Mr. Minister, earlier this spring, there were proposed cuts of up to 30% in the crab quotas in Newfoundland and Labrador. During that time, I met

Fisheries committee  Minister, I appreciate that answer. I really want to emphasize the importance of having the knowledge of harvesters as an integral part of anything we do going forward in this industry. Minister, the harvesters in the two particular areas where I get a lot of recommendations and

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Hutchinson, I want to focus on the lifeboat stations that you talked about, particularly because one of these is in my riding, in Old Perlican. I know there are designated spots like Twillingate and St. Anthony. I know some great progress has been made.

Fisheries committee  When you say next season, do you mean in the fall?

Fisheries committee  Okay. I know that construction seems to be going really well. People in that community and along that coastline are excited about it. What about the Twillingate site and St. Anthony? I understand that St. Anthony is just a renovation of and improvements to the current site. Twil

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for that. Also, we haven't received any particular notification of the official opening of the St. John's rescue centre that was returned and restored to St. John's after it was closed by the previous government amid great disappointment and protest by harves

Fisheries committee  Again, thank you for that. I'm just excited about the fact that it's going to be reopened, of course. I would love to have the opportunity to attend that kind of event. Looking at the St. Anthony and Twillingate facilities, I think about the kind of service that you as Coast Gua

Fisheries committee  Will these lifeboat stations be staffed 24-hour services or on call? How will those operate?

Fisheries committee  Is that with a very short response time?

Fisheries committee  Okay. Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity.