Fisheries committee  Yes, absolutely. That seems to be the most logical solution.

Fisheries committee  No. There's been nothing whatsoever.

Fisheries committee  Madam Gill, I was as surprised as you were with this comment about no change. There is clearly change. If there was no change, we wouldn't be here having this conversation.

Fisheries committee  Go ahead.

Fisheries committee  I think that unless fishers see the backing from the minister.... Unfortunately, a lot of fishers lump it all together. DFO to them is government; it's the whole thing. I think it's really important that a distinction is made here. There is power for the minister to rein in thes

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's correct. The consultation process, again, was with the Pacific Prawn Fishermen's Association, and the issue was only brought to the attention of the rest of us in the industry on March 3, when they realized it wasn't going to go away. When we asked them why we didn't

Fisheries committee  That would be fine, and what I don't understand is why measuring the three tubs is okay for one year, but why that's not okay—

Fisheries committee  I found it very strange when I heard the witness say that this was at the request of fishermen or the industry. I've seen absolutely no evidence of that. In fact, all we've been told was that it was actually C and P officers who brought it up in a conversation around traceability

Fisheries committee  Sure. Thank you, Mr. Johns. We're talking about thousands of trips. We're talking about thousands and thousands of trips over the course of the season, so two violations are so infinitesimally small that it's not even statistically really relevant, compared to.... Mr. Morrisse

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  What I have here is a one-pound tub. There are also smaller, half-pound tubs that are thinner. You can see almost every prawn in them, and it does take about two minutes to thaw one of these.

Fisheries committee  I really appreciate the opportunity to be heard here. I have told many of our members that I have renewed faith in the democratic process of our country because of what's been going on here in this committee, so I want to thank you all for listening. I think it's the first time t

Fisheries committee  Absolutely.

Fisheries committee  Yes, absolutely.

Fisheries committee  To answer that, at Skipper Otto we're often looking for more fishermen as we're growing, but they're often very cautious to talk with us or to work with us because if they are perceived to be selling some of their catch to us.... We don't own the licences. It's a very tough sit