Fisheries committee  No, I don't see any reason for not using it. The best way to use it is by triangulation to make sure that we have the exact location of the whales for reopening or closing an area. Another thing is that I think would be important to include is the behaviour of whales. When they

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure what the protocol is for using acoustic data to close or reopen a fishing area, but for sure we need to do the same thing for both actions, for closing it and reopening it. At the moment, acoustic detection works for detecting the presence of whales, but it's not use

Fisheries committee  Issue tables, advisory committees and meetings already exist. The time has come to look at these ideas in a tangible way in order to implement them. It needs to be more than just holding dozens of meetings every year. The time has come to really have the audacity to do what is b

Fisheries committee  It is absolutely necessary to encourage real consultation and to highlight everyone's knowledge.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Kelloway. Actually, Dr. Brown's answer is fairly comprehensive. We know that weak links work. This is one of the potential solutions being tested and that works in England and Australia. There are also examples in Brazil in various fisheries, but it's not the only

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for your question. I think the ideal approach would really be to bring all the knowledge to bear, whether it's the reality of managers having to impose legislation or deal with the economic threats to us, such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act, or the knowl

Fisheries committee  Indeed, the knowledge that fishers have of their fishing grounds and a finer scale approach are crucial. We've done some modelling that allows us to compare at a finer scale the position of the whales at the locations where fishing gear is deployed, which allows us to determine w

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair and honourable members of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, thank you for inviting me to this meeting. My name is Lyne Morissette, and I'm a marine ecology researcher specializing in ecosystem functioning, fisheries and ocean conservation. Since 2015, I'v