Fisheries committee  I'm happy to take that away and look at it. I would say that, as a general principle, under our broad Pacific salmon strategy initiative, which is close to $700 million over five years, there are a lot of different initiatives that engage B.C. first nations in salmon restoratio

Fisheries committee  I'll ask Doug to give the numbers for this year, but I will say one thing. We have seized more vehicles this year than we did all of last year, and the season is just at its start. That's one thing I would note. We absolutely are doing surveillance at the point of export and alo

Fisheries committee  Regarding temporary foreign workers, we are in constant touch with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, with the plants in every province, and with the companies that serve the plants, which coordinate all the applications. We are in touch with all these people to make

Fisheries committee  Maybe I can start, and then ask Doug to complement. As a general principle, Maine's regime requires a licence to posses elvers all along the supply chain. It's that stem-to-stern kind of approach that ensures that there's an ability to control it in a very granular way. Maine

Fisheries committee  Yes. We've heard a variety of views on this issue. As the minister noted, there are different perspectives on licence renewals, just as there are different perspectives on the transition, the future of the sector and how it is regulated. As she noted, she heard about one year to

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, I'll respond in two parts. First, on the budget funding, we do have a memorandum of understanding with the GLFC now—since November, I believe—and we've had a lot of very constructive discussions in recent months to make sure that we have a good, strong working relatio

Fisheries committee  This is something that is well understood within DFO and Global Affairs. We've engaged with Global Affairs on it. At the end of the day, machinery of government decisions are the prerogative of the Prime Minister, so I don't really have any specific recommendation for you. It is

Fisheries committee  You would have the same response from the minister. It really is outside of DFO's—

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, there are really two separate consultation processes. Obviously, they're linked, because they're dealing with salmon farms. The transition plan is about the future direction for the industry writ large, for the sector and what we do. The government's commitment was a

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, there are several things that I would say in relation to what the member has raised. I'm sorry, I should be speaking in French instead. Regarding predictability, we have a set of scientific data and data from surveys we do, as in the case of shrimp. We have been obse

Fisheries committee  Okay.

Fisheries committee  As the Minister said when she was here, she had discussions with people in the industry last week. She said she was going to come back. I can provide another detail about fisheries funds, for adaptation in the fisheries sector, both for processors and for fishers. That is someth

Fisheries committee  I won't speak to—

Fisheries committee  I think with the work we're doing on elvers, we've clearly identified an area where we need a more fulsome regulatory approach than we currently have. It's not at the level of the act, of course. In general, I would say the minister has a very strong focus on being adaptive in t

Fisheries committee  I can speak to the Fisheries Act and the authorities we have under the Fisheries Act. I can't speak to other statutes.