Fisheries committee  I think I've answered that question many times. There are issues around the hatchery related to the dilution of wild stock, so you have to be thoughtful about how you use the tool. While you may have a zoology degree, within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, there are hund

Fisheries committee  It's an important tool. Certainly the reinvestment in science and the scientific capacity of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is extremely important. It was the department that was most thoroughly brutalized, with respect to scientific capacity, by the Harper government. W

Fisheries committee  There are probably a number of elements to that, but certainly part of that relates to initiatives under the oceans protection plan that have allowed us to invest more in our response capacity. These include, for example, the reopening of a number of Coast Guard bases that were c

Fisheries committee  Certainly, we are committed to the use of the precautionary approach in fisheries decision-making. It's certainly a key component of managing these fisheries in a sustainable way. It is something, obviously, that stakeholders and, in particular, fish harvesters need to have invol

Fisheries committee  I will do so.

Fisheries committee  What I said is that hatcheries are a tool, from a science perspective, that you need to use in a thoughtful way—

Fisheries committee  —and so you want to make sure you're not overwhelming the wild genetic stock.

Fisheries committee  It's a process that you need to be thoughtful about and a tool you need to be—

Fisheries committee  As I said, the conversation around hatcheries is that we will be—

Fisheries committee  —going through at a table. The one area where we have put more money into fisheries relates to the south resident killer whale. We are enhancing the Chilliwack hatchery to provide more stocks for the whales.

Fisheries committee  There is capacity within the hatchery. The fish that come out of that hatchery go into the areas where the south resident killer whales forage. There are a whole range of reasons. If you would like the science behind it, I'd be more than happy to provide it.

Fisheries committee  I just said that we are.

Fisheries committee  I said that we are.

Fisheries committee  We are putting in money as part of the whales initiative, to ensure we are providing the southern killer whales with more food to eat.

Fisheries committee  That is certainly part of the purview of the salmon innovation restoration fund.