Fisheries committee  I have trouble hiding behind the science-based decision-making process because you can only make a decision based on the quality of the science you receive. I can get science to tell me anything. I'm sure oil executives in Calgary can give you science that says global warming doe

Fisheries committee  Yes, we had that discussion with the minister. My first point is, what are we training them for? If we're going to train people right out of the industry, I have a flag on the play with that because I'm here to promote and sustain an industry, and one of the troubles we're having

Fisheries committee  When you look at the U.S. MMPA, there is a lot of stuff that the American fishing industry is starting to face, but the largest trap fishery there is the Maine lobster fishery and the Maine lobster fishermen are still fighting over all of this. They're not even compliant and they

Fisheries committee  As far as the consultation leading up to our fishery, I'm going to speak to the lobster fishery first off and foremost. I'll leave it to Martin to talk more about the crab fishery. In the lobster fishery, there was zero consultation going into the spring fishery. The North Atlant

Fisheries committee  I'll make a couple of quick statements, and then Monsieur Mallet will take over. For me, in order to move forward in the future and come up with a balanced approach to be able to coexist with these animals, where we can have the right whales survive and the fishery survive, we