Fisheries committee  Right now in western Canada we have about 40% exposure of our canola marketplace to China, which appears to be a political issue. I'm wondering if anybody has shown any concern or if anybody has heard anything about that becoming an issue for other sectors of the Canadian economy

Fisheries committee  What is the trade exposure to China? Do you know? How much of the product that you harvest ends up in the Chinese marketplace?

Fisheries committee  Does anybody else want to comment on that?

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mel. Is there anybody here who can speak to the growth rates or maturity rates of lobster in regard to water temperatures?

Fisheries committee  Potentially: yes, that makes sense.

Fisheries committee  Just quickly, Mr. Chair, I did specifically ask a question about market exposure in China. I would like to request, if possible, that the department get back to the committee with any information it has on that. I would much appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Fisheries committee  If I have any unused time, I'll share it with one of my colleagues, probably Mr. Arnold. I want to talk a little about the market exposure to China. The information package I have from the Library of Parliament suggests that the Atlantic fishery is exposed to the point of somewh

Fisheries committee  That would be great. By any chance, do you know of any recipes where crab or lobster are cooked in canola oil? All kidding aside, I want to ask you a question that is a bit about genetics. Given the fact that the snow crab actually does maximize out on its size, and of course t

Fisheries committee  Based on the fact that the traps themselves prevent larger animals from getting into the trap or the pot, there would be sufficient genetics of lobsters that can grow to a larger size. Would that be a fair assumption?

Fisheries committee  How many big lobsters are there? You see it reported once in a while where somebody's holding up a picture of a lobster the size of a small blue tuna. How frequent are those?

Fisheries committee  Yes, that would be my expectation. Mel, go ahead.

Fisheries committee  Especially in an effort-based fishery, where the presence of a whale might close the fishery in an entire zone for a while.... The last question I have—

Fisheries committee  That's simply not true.

Fisheries committee  I haven't had this much fun in a long time, Mr. Chair.

Fisheries committee  I'm willing to stay.