Fisheries committee  I can answer that. It's a good question. COSEWIC assessments and the SARA listings refer to what is known as wildlife species, which is not the same as the taxonomic species that you're referring to. The assessment and the listing would apply only to populations in the Chilcotin

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure I can answer your question directly, but we seem to be spending a lot of time on this issue of whether we're going to differentiate a trout, something living its whole life in fresh water, from a steelhead that spends some time going to the sea. I know in these rive

Fisheries committee  It's a fascinating question biologically, and I appreciate your question, but practically, people will buy into that in two seconds flat.

Fisheries committee  I just want to clarify something. You mentioned the term “recovery strategy”. In my world—I'm no longer the chair of COSEWIC—that refers to a document and a series of meetings that follow after a species is formally listed legally under the Species at Risk Act. In my experience,

Fisheries committee  Thanks very much. This addresses some of the questions by the chair earlier as well. First of all, I wanted to provide my support for bold action that's required. This is related to the pinniped issue. That there may be some uncertainty as to the exact effect of pinnipeds is exa

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon. My comments will be very brief. I am involved in the steelhead issue in British Columbia as I was the chair of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, which received a couple of petitions to conduct an emergency assessment under our rules a