Fisheries committee  You'd said that the government can help out in getting that MSC certification. Has that been flagged for DFO at this point, as to what they could actually do in order to help? Is there any movement in that direction? If that is the direction the government should be going, what c

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. I'm glad to hear that. Ms. Reid, I just want to go back to the issue that you raised about party-based licensing versus vessel-based licensing. I'm not sure I quite understand the rationale for having those two different systems. I take it that the vessel-based licens

Fisheries committee  Sorry, by the entity?

Fisheries committee  With either type of licensing, does the individual operating the vessel have to be identified to get the licence transferred or is it irrelevant to the outfit?

Fisheries committee  A different person—

Fisheries committee  Okay, that's great. Thanks very much. Ms. Donkersloot, you mentioned the ability of younger people getting into the various fisheries. I'm wondering if you can talk a little about their access to financing. I think you mentioned there may be a loans program in Alaska, and I won

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today. I can just pick up on some of the exchange you had with Mr. Donnelly. In British Columbia, is there a fisheries loans board that helps people with financing in order to get into any of the f

Fisheries committee  Is there a challenge with getting loans from commercial lenders, based on the instability in some of the fisheries?

Fisheries committee  I know that on the east coast—and perhaps Mr. Anderson would know about this—the value in, for example, a lobster licence was deemed by the courts in the Saulnier case to be similar to a profit à prendre, in which case there is actual value in the ability to transfer the licence.

Fisheries committee  I represent an area in western Nova Scotia where, obviously, the fishery is the backbone of our economy, and I speak to fishermen all the time. Oftentimes, with the department, they feel like they're not being heard. I'd like to hear what level of engagement and consultation ther

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I'm going to ask DFO a question on enforcement. I understand that when the aquaculture regulations came out in 2015, no additional enforcement officers were hired to deal with that. I'd imagine that it has taken some work for them to figure out how to best h

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll share a bit of my time at the beginning with Mr. Casey.

Fisheries committee  My understanding is that the committee will be meeting shortly, within the next week or so, in camera to discuss the business of the committee and the plan going forward. I think we should vote on the motion as is today, and then determine at that subsequent in camera meeting, wh