Fisheries committee  Yes. It comes down to the wording of the fishery general regulations that it's the catcher, the fisher, who cannot modify the product, but a processing plant can absolutely tub them.

Fisheries committee  I'm hearing the same thing. The current C and P officers are baffled and won't come forward or risk their jobs. There's no understanding about this at all.

Fisheries committee  The domestic market has been the saving grace during COVID. That is what has saved countless fishermen. To remove that would be.... How do you come back from that?

Fisheries committee  No cameras—they use a vessel monitoring system. There's GPS functionality, but no video cameras at this point.

Fisheries committee  I haven't heard any pressure coming from the processors, so I don't see that as the avenue. Others are welcome to jump in.

Fisheries committee  Yes. We encourage them to do so if they have questions.

Fisheries committee  I'm not too sure if there's any time, but this is spilling over to other industries as well, because freezing products in blocks is, as Jim said, common practice with hake, groundfish, shrimp on the east coast, and euphausiids. There's a number, and they're 25 to 40-pound blocks

Fisheries committee  You are correct about the mesh size. There are also escapement rings, and the single haul limit allows that as well. The longer the prawns are in there, the smaller ones are going to be pushed out by the larger ones. That is all captured within the trap. I'm sorry; I forgot the

Fisheries committee  Really, measurements are the single way. We suggested that the on-board observers from our service-providing company could offer a bit of that service, as well, in C and P's absence. Primarily, it's just measuring with calipers.

Fisheries committee  It's quite a bit higher with respect to the on-ground observers. From actual C and P, I'm not too sure. I'm not sure if Emily or Jim has an answer.

Fisheries committee  I have not spoken to a single person involved in science or fishing—regardless, any which way—who understands this or has any explanation for it. I would like to hear an answer from DFO.

Fisheries committee  Correct.

Fisheries committee  We're still exploring options as a group, as a board. There's really not a lot that we've found so far. It makes us very nervous. I'm not too sure if I have a good answer for that.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's correct. This all came out at the table while we were dealing with the traceability piece. It really wasn't thought out clearly. If an individual makes a comment in a meeting and two days later we get notified that the regulations have been changed, I don't think th

Fisheries committee  For the traceability work, it was PPFA, DFO fish management and DFO C and P.