Fisheries committee  Can we go for 15 more minutes?

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Arnold. Cynthia, BOAT is an acronym for “bring out another thousand”. If you have a boat, get rid of it now.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Williams, do you have a legal opinion? I'm going to ask several questions, and you guys can answer at your own convenience. If the government actually implemented a seven-year transition period with some type of mandatory quota sale, do you have a legal opinion on what the

Fisheries committee  It's fine. Does anybody want to comment on foreign ownership or foreign interference in the governance of fisheries on the west coast?

Fisheries committee  Mr. McIsaac, if we adopted a similar model to the way Alaska runs its fishery, do you think the fishermen in the coastal communities in British Columbia would be better off?

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Is there any time left?

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, if we have any other questions, can we ask our witnesses to respond to them in writing? If we have them for our witnesses, would they be able to do that? Would that be okay?

Fisheries committee  I'd be interested to actually hear about why DFO is being very non-transparent about where the quota is. Ms. Sutcliffe, if you could write back or give us a response, that would be great.

Fisheries committee  You'll get no argument from me, Chair.

Fisheries committee  Sure, I'll take a shot at it. Thank you, Mr. Arnold. In Alberta, just as an example, if a forest management agreement is signed between a forest company and the Province of Alberta, there's a stumpage fee that requires a royalty to be paid by the forest company to all Albertans,

Fisheries committee  Is it like a check-off fee for the salmon enhancement programs, or something like that? Is that what it is?

Fisheries committee  Interesting.

Fisheries committee  —to the salmon enhancement fund. Is that a recreational fishing licence?

Fisheries committee  Okay.

Fisheries committee  I know I do, for recreation. I'm one of those crazy Albertans who come out and catch halibut and salmon, and I have really good time doing so. Sport fishing is completely different from commercial fishing. I'm just asking the question. I see the resource as a public resource, as