Fisheries committee  Am I done?

Fisheries committee  I just want to ask about environmental factors. Are warming oceans having some impact on stocks?

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, guests, for being here. I just want to focus a little bit on the very comprehensive science program that you have in terms of assessing stocks, as you've outlined in your slides. It looks like a very comprehensive approach and methodology. Mr

Fisheries committee  I keep hearing from harvesters who have been on the water for decades that the state of their stock last year was much better than the previous year. What are some of the factors that lead to the results you're getting? What are some of the factors that might be leading to the de

Fisheries committee  Thank you for that, because you just answered the second question I had for you on that as well.

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

Fisheries committee  Mr. Burns, you spoke about amendments in Bill C-68 and said that they could achieve similar objectives to Bill S-203. Can you expand on this and compare the changes in the Fisheries Act through Bill C-68 with the changes being proposed here through Bill S-203?

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  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 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  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?