Fisheries committee  There's $142 million in historic investment in salmon habitat restoration being done by the Government of British Columbia and the federal government.

Fisheries committee  It has never been done in the history of British Columbia.

Fisheries committee  It is good.

Fisheries committee  We will have announcements to make with respect to the first projects out of that fund by June.

Fisheries committee  As I said, there is a symposium that we're organizing with the University of British Columbia to bring together all stakeholders to have a conversation around seals and sea lions.

Fisheries committee  —aquatic invasive species, there were a couple of things with respect to the commissioner's report. The first is that we accept her recommendations and certainly will be working to meet many of the comments she made, but it is also important to note that both the scope and the

Fisheries committee  It's a significant increase in funding relative to what had been funded under the previous government. We recognize that more will need to be done. Part of that needs to be done through a federal-provincial framework and we have been working with all of the fisheries ministers ac

Fisheries committee  As I said to you, we accept the recommendations of the commissioner and we are working to ensure that we are addressing all of them.

Fisheries committee  No. I think that this is, as I said, a comprehensive issue. It's industrial development over long periods of time, it's climate change—

Fisheries committee  It's the management of the fishery, and we need to ensure that we're taking a comprehensive approach to address all of those issues, which is exactly what we have done.

Fisheries committee  I certainly remain dedicated to ensuring that the process to award the fourth surf clam licence results in meaningful and measurable direct and indirect benefits for indigenous peoples. I certainly appreciate the efforts of Clearwater to include multiple indigenous communities in

Fisheries committee  First of all, I want to thank the committee for the work. It's certainly very interesting and I think has very thoughtful recommendations with respect to a range of issues on the west coast that are quite different from those on the east coast. I have met with many stakeholders

Fisheries committee  That is certainly public information, yes, and on small craft harbours, it's really focused on harbours where there are commercial fisheries, in support of commercial fisheries. There was a decision a number of years ago that there were some small craft harbours that would be div

Fisheries committee  Certainly, the issue of aquatic invasive species is an important one, and it is an increasingly important one as we move forward in the era when climate change is changing the nature of the ability of these species both to come here and to survive and thrive. That is certainly wh

Fisheries committee  The issues affecting both Atlantic and Pacific salmon are not simple. They are complex, and they require a lot of work and thought, not the least of which are the impacts of climate change. Climate change for a species that is typically a cold water species becomes increasingly p