Fisheries committee  Yes, I would like to. The whale harvesting on the Pacific coast was done primarily by the Nuu-chah-nulth and the Haida groups. They hunted for grey whales. There isn't a group anywhere on the coast that hunted killer whales at all. There were one or two groups that might have ch

Fisheries committee  I'll go first. Yes. In fact, seal meat tastes really good, and so does smoked sea lion meat. I quite enjoy them. It is still a continuing tradition for us up on the north coast, most certainly. I know that there are groups around Vancouver Island who also participate in the harv

Fisheries committee  Yes, [Technical difficulty—Editor]

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry. There we go. The seal and sea lion populations are out of control, and they're having a tremendous impact on juvenile survival. We have numbers that we haven't seen maybe ever. The whole ecosystem is out of balance. There needs to be a cull coast-wide. There needs to

Fisheries committee  We do know a lot of science background behind aquaculture. We do need to do more. We need to be clear on whether or not there are impacts between wild and farmed fish. We need to just get the question answered, in particular for juvenile salmon. We need to have the support syst

Fisheries committee  I have several years of experience in fisheries and forestry resource management. I also work with the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa on ACCAE and the First Nations Advisory Committee on Species at Risk. I prefer the term “aboriginal” versus “indigenous” because etymologica

Fisheries committee  Good morning. [Witness speaks in Sm'algyax] My name is Sm'hayetsk, Dr. Teresa Ryan. I am Tsimshian, from the north coast of British Columbia. I presently live in Vancouver and am employed as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia in forest and co