Fisheries committee  Major fish stocks are those that have a significant commercial value, normally around or in excess of $1 million. They have significant socio-economic and cultural implications, or they're a large landed-quantity tonnage.

Fisheries committee  The fish that support such a fishery is the distinction.

Fisheries committee  They would probably not be deemed as part of the 170 that are major stocks in Canada.

Fisheries committee  At a higher level, correct, for those that are already there and for those that may be slightly into the cautious zone, that sort of tranche below the healthy zone.

Fisheries committee  We'd be then invoking measures such as closing certain areas during certain seasons or limiting tack, or changing gear type to ensure there is minimal harm on the stock in question and allowing that stock to grow back towards the healthy zone.

Fisheries committee  We would invoke measures to promote the sustainability of that stock.

Fisheries committee  The FSC provisions would be constitutionally protected to be a priority, but they would probably be reduced in such a circumstance.

Fisheries committee  I honestly can't speculate as to the member's intent on this.

Fisheries committee  Section 35 of the act would be broader than this as a way to encompass fish habitat as well.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  I had started to provide a response to that, but I can elaborate on it. That was the B.C. groundfish example I was citing, where incidental catches, rockfish, which is a species that is in the cautious zone.... If we were to invoke rebuilding measures to ensure that the “targeted

Fisheries committee  It's still requiring the minister to identify the limit reference point, which would be where the species would tip over into the critical zone, so it would ensure that all species—

Fisheries committee  No, that is the point of sustainability. The cautious zone and the healthy zone lie above that point, so it would ensure that the measures that are in place in that stock would be growing that stock within those zones, not dipping down into the critical zone.

Fisheries committee  Each stock would have its own rebuilding requirements, in terms of timelines. The rebuilding plan itself would define that period. You can surmise that for a certain species that timeline would be different, given the generation times, the recruitment to the stock, the ocean cond

Fisheries committee  Yes, on average. We would turn to the international guidance on that. The norm is 1.5 to two generations, for the species.