Fisheries committee  Major fish stocks are the stocks that are identified through either cultural importance, socio-economic value of the landed catch, or quantity of landed.... There are about 170 of them currently. That has been trending upwards over time as additional species are sought out comme

Fisheries committee  There are other fish stocks that would not be captured.

Fisheries committee  There are 450-ish species in Canada, of which not all are within federal domain. A large portion of those would be provincial jurisdiction. I can't begin to put a calculus on the differential between the total and the major.

Fisheries committee  The wording is intended to ensure that the implications of the amendment are reflective of the federal minister's authority, rather than that of the provincial ministers. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans manages approximately 170 major fish stocks. Those are determined throug

Fisheries committee  It would be major stocks, yes.

Fisheries committee  Those limit reference points were developed in consultation with our science officials—

Fisheries committee  No, not as set out in the current amendment.

Fisheries committee  As long as there is sufficient time to develop the limit reference point in terms of doing the science work and the consultation with indigenous, commercial, and other stakeholders and that is not constrained....

Fisheries committee  Yes. I think so.

Fisheries committee  We can define that in regulation.

Fisheries committee  Even when the exception would be invoked, there would still be a minimum requirement to minimize further decline of the stocks. You have a safety net in essence in place. As written, the amendment requires the minister to publish his decision. That's an increase in the transpare

Fisheries committee  This makes it a legislative obligation, for one. Right now, the rebuilding plans that are being developed by the department are based on policy; the department has had the precautionary approach policy since 2009. It's based on international standards, and while it is well recogn

Fisheries committee  For clarity, the minister already has the discretionary authorities. These would limit his authorities. What we have with the 6.2 text the member just brought forward is, for appropriate cultural or socio-economic impacts, the minister can elect to not move forward with an IFMP i

Fisheries committee  Yes, they would be taken into consideration as the minister sees fit.

Fisheries committee  I think that with regard to proposed section 6.1—I mean, it's an instance and it's not specific to indigenous communities—if you think of B.C. groundfish, where you have mixed stocks, a mixed stock fishery, they're primarily targeting species such as ocean perch, but what you're