Fisheries committee  Isn't this something we usually do in camera or...?

Fisheries committee  That's why we're saying we need a plan to rebuild this species and other species, such as herring and mackerel, that are struggling. Coastal communities are the ones suffering. I hope you'll get to work on this. That's what we want. I'll give the rest of my time to Mr. Kelloway

Fisheries committee  I became an MP in 2015. Ever since then, I've been hearing about the massive increase in the number of redfish in the Gulf. I've been very critical in the media about Fisheries and Oceans Canada's work. The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development appeared bef

Fisheries committee  When are you hoping shrimp stocks will be adequate, as they were in the good years? Can you give us an estimate? Will it take one year, three years, 10 years, 20 years?

Fisheries committee  That's what happened with redfish, right?

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, I'm going to give my time back to Mr. Kelloway.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Burns, unfortunately, opening the redfish fishery may not yield the desired results because of what I was telling you earlier about markets and resource processing, among other things. Will you commit to recommending other options to the minister to help the shrimper fleet i

Fisheries committee  Mr. Burns, you are an assistant deputy minister, you have a team, and it is your job to do that. Are you going to look at other options if the redfish fishery unfortunately does not go as planned?

Fisheries committee  I'm going to continue along the same lines. We're opening a fishery for this redfish, but they don't know if they will be able to sell it. Have plant representatives contacted you to say they're ready to process this fish? Have you inquired about that? Are you going to talk to p

Fisheries committee  Why are we opening a redfish fishery then?

Fisheries committee  According to the announcement, the Quebec fisheries fund will help shrimpers modernize their equipment. Is that correct?

Fisheries committee  In terms of an assistance plan, I looked at everything that was done in 1992 around the cod moratorium. Are you aware of what was done in those circumstances, namely, when the cod stocks collapsed? Could we draw inspiration from such programs to help the fleets that are hit hard

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. If they want to argue how many times the minister was here, the Minister of Fisheries was here once already. She's only six months in. The former minister of fisheries, Gail Shea, only came twice to this committee in two and a half years. Let's get seriou

Fisheries committee  As you just said, we don't know if there are any markets for redfish. We have no idea how people are going to be able to sell this fish and at what price. We don't know what they will be able to do with redfish. We also don't know if the fishers are ready to fish it. The shrimper