Fisheries committee  For starters, we—

Fisheries committee  It's not working. I can go over to where Ms. Renaud is, if you like.

Fisheries committee  Okay. Getting back to the subject of our boat, RPPCI has acquired a scientific vessel that we use for our projects. I should start by noting that all scientists agree that whales aren't believed to dive deeper than 20 fathoms. The Magdalen Islands is on a 20‑fathom plateau. Fr

Fisheries committee  Let me give you some idea of how things stand. There are 325 fishers in the Magdalen Islands area. That means a lot of traffic. Because there are so many fishers, the traps are practically sitting on top of each other. Between two traps on the same line, the depth can vary by abo

Fisheries committee  Do you know where the Gulf of St. Lawrence is? The Magdalen Islands are right in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The whales enter through the Cabot Strait and head directly for the area around the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula. That's where the whales migrate and feed for th

Fisheries committee  I don't know enough about geography to answer that question.

Fisheries committee  I can't answer that question. What I do know is that the whales entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence follow the Gulf Stream, and they come directly from the United States. We all know that. They migrate here, and then they go back south to the U.S. in November or December. I can sa

Fisheries committee  Hello. My name is Charles Poirier, and I'm the president of the Rassemblement des pêcheurs et pêcheuses des côtes des Îles, or RPPCI. I'm here with Léona Renaud, the director of our organization. RPPCI is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2015 by lobster fishers. To