Fisheries committee  Not at all. Thank you for the question. Carbon dioxide has two effects. First, it creates a greenhouse gas effect, which warms the atmosphere and the oceans. As far the second is concerned, it's important to understand that the vast majority of carbon dioxide, 70% to 75%, is abs

Fisheries committee  I think that's a good suggestion. There is lobster management. There is different management. One of the main measures is on what the minimum size should be. I think it's a very powerful tool. I think the larger the gap in size between when lobsters start reproducing and when t

Fisheries committee  I think Fisheries and Oceans Canada, more and more in collaboration with industry—which is a very good thing—is doing a good job at estimating how many lobsters or snow crabs are in the water. I think, in terms of a science gap, that we don't really fully understand the impact o

Fisheries committee  That's what I'm talking about, potentially.

Fisheries committee  I can take that. We did a study three years ago on the effect of temperature and potentially fishing on the change in size and maturity. What we think is that when it's warmer, lobsters grow a bit faster. Then they tend to mature at a smaller size and have smaller eggs. This is

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for inviting me to speak with you today about lobster and snow crab ecology and fisheries. My name is Arnault Le Bris, and I am a research scientist at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland. I defi