Clifford Small
- Born
- August 29, 1970
- Education
- College of the North Atlantic, electrical engineering technology
- Career
- Engineering design, fishing business, three restaurants
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for Central Newfoundland in 2021 and 2025. Shadow Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Shadow Minister.
- Notable
- First Conservative MP from Newfoundland and Labrador since Peter Penashue resigned in 2013. First Conservative MP elected in Newfoundland since Fabian Manning in 2006. Endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. Grew up in Wild Cove, White Bay.
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Mr. Speaker, selling out our fishing industry to foreign interests is not nonsense. I would have the member for St. John's East understand that. Prime Minister Theand the President of France two weeks ago announced a 1,500-tonne quota of crab to be caught in waters that are controlled by Canada. The Minister of Fisheries expressed her disappointment. The Canadian fishing industry deserves
Mr. Speaker, crab fishermen and plant workers back home were not amused with that response from the member for St. John's East. The Minister of Fisheries should at least know that next year's crab quotas will be set next year, which is in opposition to what she said, that the quotas have not been announced. Maybe she is catering her response to the French fishermen she met last summer. Prime
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank the witnesses for appearing today. My first question is for Mr. Mills. Mr. Mills, are you familiar with the captive adult rearing program for the Miramichi River, modelled after what's been taking place on the Petitcodiac?
There was quite a call in that report for the increased harvesting of striped bass. What's your opinion on the increased fishing of striped bass since 2019? Has it been significant or insignificant?
Mr. Wilbur, in the 2017 study on Atlantic salmon, there was a recommendation that the Government of Canada lead a delegation to Greenland to lobby on behalf of wild Atlantic salmon. Did that happen?
I have one more quick one for you. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is reportedly harvesting around 150 tonnes of Atlantic salmon. I'm not sure if I got that figure right, but you can correct me, and I don't mind. There are reports of salmon coming ashore in Newfoundland from that harvest and being sold on the black market in Newfoundland and Labrador. Do you think Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is
Let's talk about the existing brood stock of Atlantic salmon and how important it is to conserve what we have left. What can you tell us about the river guardian program? Is it adequate?
Let's get back to the recommendation from a 2019 FOPO study to remove the slot size on striped bass and to enable anglers to retain striped bass over 65 centimetres. What would be the impact on controlling the bass population of removing more of the larger fish?
Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr. Dalton, I just heard you reference lower production on the Miramichi this season. You spoke a little about hatcheries. We can get back to that in a second, but before that, I note that there was a report in 2019 about striped bass and the impacts of striped bass. Recommendations were made. A key recommendation that keeps coming back to me came from stakeholders in
What would have been the impact on the production of striped bass if that recommendation had been followed by this government?
Until the government heeds the recommendations of the 2019 bass study, do you think there's much point in investing in hatcheries in watersheds where the bass are so prolific? Do we need to deal with the bass first?
Thank you very much.
Mr. White, when would you like the beginning and ending seasons to be for their operations?