Fisheries committee  Okay. I want to move on now. You said that Bill C-68 implements everything that Bill S-238 does, except for derivatives. Can you tell me what you mean by derivatives or what was meant by derivatives in that context? That's not clear.

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for being here today. I want to pick up on a couple of points from Mr. Donnelly. Regarding the enforcement, the CBSA officials obviously have the job, if this bill becomes law, to ensure there's no importation of shark fins. What is the penalty

Fisheries committee  Okay. Do you have any sense of similar types of infractions in the Fisheries Act already, and how they're actually dealt with by the courts? My fear here is that we could include this in law, but given the fact that it's quite a lucrative industry, I just wouldn't want it to be

Fisheries committee  It's an impressive undertaking. I commend the work you do to ensure that our fishers are kept safe, especially at that time of year, when it's extremely risky getting boats out on the water. This question is for any of the officials. I asked the minister about the Atlantic fish

Fisheries committee  I'll quickly go back to my very first question of the minister regarding small craft harbours. I think everybody understands why those investments are so important. With regard to repair work that needs to happen on a timely basis, I know there are certain examples at least in m

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thanks very much. Picking up on the last exchange that I had with the minister regarding investments in the Coast Guard, I understand that a number of investments have been made over the last couple of years to enhance the safety profile of the Canadian Coast Guard in order to k

Fisheries committee  Can I just follow up on that point and ask about your working with the Canadian Forces? I have Greenwood in my riding as well. I know on “dumping day”, the opening of the lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia, it's a major operation, coordinated between the Coast Guard, as I

Fisheries committee  Thanks. I'd like to turn, Minister, to the Atlantic fisheries fund. One of the components of the fund deals with partnering with industry on scientific research and it is so important to understanding what's going on in the oceans with our fish stock. I know that under the forme

Fisheries committee  Right. I'd like to turn for a moment to safety on the water. Fishermen obviously deserve to come home at the end of the day like anybody else. There have been far too many examples of tragedies on the waters. The Coast Guard does a good job patrolling our coast and working with

Fisheries committee  That's excellent. Thank you, Minister.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and I'll be sharing my time with Mr. Morrissey. Minister, thank you so much for being here, and to your officials, as well, for joining us today. It's always a pleasure to have you at our committee. I'd like to start by touching on one aspect t

Fisheries committee  A UV system like lighting or...?

Fisheries committee  All right, thanks for that. Ms. Noel, I want to ask you a follow-up question to your presentation where you talked about the importance of a national database in order for people to have an understanding of what invasive species there may be right across the country, and when on