Fisheries committee  Apart from the advisory board, which I don't think is very effective for the harvesters themselves, I would say give them their own board to have their own voice that is harvester specific. The current advisory boards, oftentimes, are just licence holders who are not actually in

Fisheries committee  At the present time it might get a little mixed up, because as far I know, everywhere on the east coast is owner-operator. We have that extra layer, where we have licence-holders who are not operators and they also want to be consulted. In my perfect world, yes, I would love so

Fisheries committee  Do you mean like the end-game or the transition to get there?

Fisheries committee  I guess it would be the five points I mentioned: owner-operator policies; effectively dealing with ITQ species, such as solely for choke species; owner-operator for target species; and every fisher having to join an organization that would have their interests in mind for collect

Fisheries committee  Yes. There are three different gillnet associations, two different seine ones and so on. A loan board would be nice too, but not until the systemic problems are tidied up.

Fisheries committee  To my knowledge, most of the time you have to go your processor, because they're the ones who are in the know of what quota is where, but I think Ryan might be better suited to answer this question.

Fisheries committee  Fish stocks are kind of managed by the DFO, so it would stay the same for fishing effort. The ownership of who was holding the piece of paper would stay the same. We would be relying on the DFO to keep us in sustainable fisheries management.

Fisheries committee  It's quite a bit.

Fisheries committee  I know I've looked it up on the Internet before because the main market is in Asia, so I can't really walk down to the market and check it out, but I've seen uni selling for over $100 over there.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  For green sea urchins, it's been a pretty good year: we're getting around $3 a pound, and for reds we're getting $1.60.

Fisheries committee  It is—untransferable though.

Fisheries committee  Non-transferrable. They're vessel quotas.

Fisheries committee  Yes, it makes really good sense to me, except for the exception of choke species, where you need to have a little bit of fluidity to make sure you can keep your boat in the water and not be taken out for catching 131 pounds of yelloweye, or something like that.

Fisheries committee  Honourable Chair and members, thank you for having me here to listen to my story. For those of you who don't know me, I am James Lawson, and I'm a career fisherman. I come from the Heiltsuk, Tsimshian, Nisga'a, Haisla, and Gitxsan nations. I sit on the area B salmon area harvest