Fisheries committee  I can add a bit to that as well. I'm not sure if I can compare what we do to what is being done in the U.S., but right now in LFA 34, which, as I mentioned, is the largest LFA, we have a maximum distance between our pots of 30 fathoms, which is 180 feet. We have a 3.5:1 ratio, s

Fisheries committee  Well, I think the whalesafe gear fund that DFO announced last year is a good start. Harvesters are the end-users of these products, and we need to make sure they're safe for everyone on the water. Some of the safety concerns we've seen during our trials are quite scary. We had t

Fisheries committee  I can't even think of a word. It would honestly cripple Atlantic Canada if we were excluded from snow crab and lobster in our U.S. market. They're still our primary importer, followed by China. It's always great to diversify our markets but we're not there yet. This would have di

Fisheries committee  Yes, certainly. In 2020, the LFA 34 advisory committee, which comprises lobster licence-holders within LFA 34, along with DFO representatives, introduced into their fishing conditions a maximum diameter of their ground-line. They put forward that the maximum diameter would be fi

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for the opportunity to speak before the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. My name is Heather Mulock, and I'm the executive director of Coldwater Lobster Association. Our association represents approximately