Fisheries committee  As you heard from my colleagues, the right whales in the Bay of Fundy never went to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and then in 2010 we saw a decline in the population hanging around in the summer as they would traditionally do. There are no really good answers as to why the feed has d

Fisheries committee  The answer to that from where we sit on Grand Manan is no. Whales do not know where lines are.

Fisheries committee  We consult amongst ourselves in the Bay of Fundy. I think therein lies the difference. We have not waited for government to weigh in since 2006, and we've continued that dialogue with our colleagues in district 36.

Fisheries committee  I'll let Bonnie take the work that we've done, and we can work backwards to your first question.

Fisheries committee  Maximum distance between....

Fisheries committee  I will just add to it. I think—to go back to Karen's question—in terms of the pilot project, it came from fishermen, but I think one of the things I'd like to suggest to the committee is that the department and the industry need to be agile to deal with these whales, because we d

Fisheries committee  We'll split our time. Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to our history of sharing the waters of the Bay of Fundy with North Atlantic right whales. First, I'll give a little bit about our organization. The Grand Manan Fishermen's Association represents fishermen on Grand Manan