Fisheries committee  I might require further clarification as to the exact survey you're identifying, but we did send out a beneficial ownership survey, which was directed to Atlantic offshore, midshore and exempted fleet licence-holders, as well as Pacific licence-holders. We had scoped out inshore

Fisheries committee  Basically, those individuals were identified then by determining who held those licences within our databases. We contacted those licence-holders to ensure they were providing information to supplement their ownership information to DFO.

Fisheries committee  I think we are mixing our discussions in terms of the beneficial ownership survey and the work my colleagues have been doing on inshore regulations.

Fisheries committee  I can take an attempt, although I am bordering on speculation here. I would hazard that Royal Greenland is one entity of many across the country, and the Province of Newfoundland has its own responsibilities and authorities with regard to processing capacity and the legislative

Fisheries committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, at least with regard to the previous line of inquiry, the department undertook that beneficial ownership survey in an effort to determine the extent of potential foreign ownership within Canada's fisheries. While that body of work continues to reside with our

Fisheries committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I would also like to acknowledge the tragic loss of life this past weekend of two harv

Fisheries committee  The only comment I would offer on that, sir, is that my understanding is 96% of projects that were announced in part of budget 2018 funding have been initiated. I'm not aware—

Fisheries committee  Begun.

Fisheries committee  I understand that full well. I'm not familiar with the specifics of the project you might be alluding to, so we could follow up.

Fisheries committee  Certainly. Part of that is we do have service standards that start with in terms of doing a transfer. We have a 30-day service standard.

Fisheries committee  We buttressed those, particularly in your riding. We have added to the Tignish catch certification office, which is the same office—

Fisheries committee  It does a lot of the online support for those using our national online licensing system. They all field the first volley of calls, then they work with regional colleagues to prioritize those works and initiate transfers.

Fisheries committee  It would depend on the depth of the cut.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  You'd start by backing out the commercial, then you back out the recreational, and then you back out the FSC.