Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I think the key there is they do an egg survey. Science does egg surveys so that we have a better understanding of what's happening with the eggs. The next round of sampling they do is from the landings. There's never any data collection or research done on prerecruits. Those p

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. I can honestly say that I did not hear that they had increased their TAC during the season. I can't pretend to understand why they would. The scientists from the U.S. are involved in the Canadian stock assessments, as the Canadian scientists are invo

Fisheries committee  It's a possibility. If anecdotally we hear there are increased numbers of small fish, the key here is that in Canada, we can't fish those small fish. We protect them. When they go to the U.S., if there are anecdotally more fish—maybe that's what they are seeing as well—in the U.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I will be giving the opening statement and Nathan will be available for comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of this committee for the invitation to speak to you today. The P.E.I. Fishermen's Association was created in the 1950s to approach the fede

Fisheries committee  Basically what happened was, about a month before the season started, DFO announced the mandatory requirement for gear marking and it became a scramble on the east coast for people to find the proper coloured twine. There were issues that came up and trying to get answers out of

Fisheries committee  Absolutely, the technology appears sound. The majority of the buoys that are out there are real-time buoys so they are picking up the whale calls, which are identified quickly and determined to be right whales, and then closures take place. I know we just had a technical working

Fisheries committee  Yes. I think the key there is that each buoy only controls nine grids.

Fisheries committee  Yes, it is. I will point out that the 99% number is for Prince Edward Island fishers only. As was pointed out, something different will work for other people in other areas.

Fisheries committee  I don't mind jumping in first to say that more time would be excellent. I mean, we found out that there was going to be a mandatory implementation in 2023. We have only a two-month season to trial anything. When we attempted to get gear for the spring season, procurement of tha

Fisheries committee  Yes, for snow crab.

Fisheries committee  Not that I am personally aware of. I believe the Lobster Council may be working on items such as that. The PEIFA has not been working on those.

Fisheries committee  I can, yes. Thank you. The key one is the one that we put in our opening statement from the PEIFA, and it's related to P.E.I. fishers only because, as has been pointed out numerous times, what works in one area won't work in another. Because P.E.I. has a shallow fishery compared

Fisheries committee  Yes, absolutely. If DFO set it at, say, 10 fathom, anybody who fishes within 10 fathom—if the gear is within 10 fathom—then the weak links are not required. It sounds simple, but it actually saves about 99% of island fishers their time and money. It's also a very low-risk area ba

Fisheries committee  We can submit those comments. That was specific to snow crab. Is that correct?