Fisheries committee  From a corporate concentration policy...? Is that the thrust of your argument? Corporate concentration is addressed on a fishery-by-fishery basis, often through the integrated fisheries management plan, within which there will be details on how much any given licence-holder can

Fisheries committee  I'm not able to speculate on past decision-making with regard to that. Specific to that fishery—my colleague might be able to supplement, as well—my understanding is that the product in question is not itself a monopoly. There are plenty of lobster fished throughout Atlantic Can

Fisheries committee  Unfortunately, at this point in time I do not have results for the Pacific.

Fisheries committee  Exactly. We worked through the beneficial ownership survey and the information licence-holders had to provide to the department. Then, in conjunction with the forensic accountants at PSPC, we reviewed that information through the full extent of the corporate chain and determined

Fisheries committee  I would turn that one over to my operational colleague.

Fisheries committee  The parties on record as the owners of the licence were those who were contacted.

Fisheries committee  It was both. We engaged with and sought information from both party-based licence-holders and vessel-based licence-holders in the Pacific.

Fisheries committee  As an attempt to get to the beneficial ownership of the licence, the requests and the surveys were directed to the licence owner.

Fisheries committee  Once again, the challenge for us in determining beneficial ownership is going to the licensed owner, per se. With regard to licence leasing as a practice in Pacific fisheries, we understand that is a prevalent use and those are methods by which harvesters avail themselves of acce

Fisheries committee  That would be in discussion and dialogue with harvesters and through consultation with them.

Fisheries committee  The figure was that less than 2% is held by foreign entities.

Fisheries committee  We have that information through the information that's been provided to the department from licence-holders, through the beneficial ownership survey and in conjunction with the analysis undertaken by the forensic accounting management group over at Public Services and Procuremen

Fisheries committee  On this one, I would turn to my regional colleague, who has invested time in this effort.

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. The survey was mandatory for all commercial licence-holders, with—as I indicated previously—the exemption of inshore licence-holders in Atlantic Canada and communal commercial licence-holders. Both of these, as entities, have their corporate structures regulated pursu

Fisheries committee  Again, Monsieur Cormier, I'm happy to take an attempt at this one, recognizing that I'm not a local expert or versed in the specific issue. The residency requirements with regard to the inshore regulations run into certain challenges with regard to the Charter of Rights and the