Finance committee  One of the things that harvesters have been doing is trying to change the fisheries management plans, the operational plans, to slow down the harvest so that it can be absorbed into the domestic market. Those kinds of things going forward can help on this. Instead of having a l

Finance committee  Definitely for the last 30 years in the west coast—this is happening somewhat in the east coast as well—we've let our fishery be owned and controlled offshore to a greater extent. Pivoting back to the Canadian focus, the standing committee on fisheries last year put a set of reco

Finance committee  That's certainly a fair argument. What happens if we're not supporting the Canadian harvesters and making sure that harvesters survive this year and into next year and get to a place where we can rebuild access to export markets or build more domestic markets? We will have the se

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Johns. Thanks very much for the question. The industry is incredibly important for coastal communities across the country. In Atlantic Canada the fishing industry is the backbone of the Atlantic Canadian economy. In the Pacific it is the backbone of the fishe

Finance committee  Thanks again for the question. This is an issue that is long-standing in the Pacific, where you have investors holding licences and quotas and then leasing them to fish harvesters and processing companies to prosecute the fishery. This year, in the lead-up to the season, fish

Finance committee  We're obviously facing huge market issues given the majority, something close to 90%, of our seafood is exported. With the conditions in Europe and the United States and Asia, pivoting now to the domestic market is virtually the only option that's available for some fisheries. He