Serge Cormier

The fishermen also discussed the data collected and the scientific surveys conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. They would like to see these done a little differently. As you mentioned earlier, you are not a scientist affiliated with the department. In your opinion, could the method proposed by the group of fishermen for conducting scientific surveys differently from what the [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Robert, I will go to you in just a minute. Just briefly, Mr. Chair, I want to welcome back a former colleague, who is in this room and who was part of this committee for many years, Ms. Lisa Marie Barron. Thanks for being with us again. It's nice to see you. To the fishermen who are here, my dad was a fisherman all his life. I understand how difficult it is to see [more]

As I said earlier, I hope—and I think the entire committee hopes as well—that we can once again have a commercial fishery, to help fishermen earn a little more income, or even to help them if they want to use that fish as bait. I will move quickly to my question, since I do not have much time left. Officials came here on Monday, and they seemed to suggest that there was a mackerel stock found [more]

Mr. Chair, this is debate. This is not a point of order, Mr. Chair.

Were the same amounts allocated to the contracts we have with third parties, such as Ocean Group? They can use their tugboats to help out if Coast Guard vessels are unavailable. Were all these contracts maintained when the Coast Guard was transferred to the Department of National Defence?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have one last question for you. I know the Department of National Defence is now responsible for the Canadian Coast Guard. As you know, the Coast Guard plays a vital role in our region during snow crab season, which is about to begin. Although the Coast Guard has been transferred to the Department of National Defence, are you still in close contact with them to make [more]

Perfect. As you know, over the last few weeks, or rather the last few months, the Nova Scotia government has taken measures regarding the illegal practice of unreported lobster sale. Last week, in its latest budget, the province of New Brunswick did the same thing. If I’m not mistaken, it’s estimated that 10% to 30% of lobster sales go unreported. Did your department work with the governments [more]

Thank you very much. Also, because my colleague, Mr. Small, touched on the Atlantic salmon strategy a little bit, in case he doesn't remember, I have a motion on notice regarding an important study that we need to do on Atlantic salmon, and I hope he will support it. Perhaps you could talk a little bit about the stage the strategy on Atlantic salmon is at right now, because it's urgent, as you [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Over the course of this study, we'll probably be hearing from fishers' associations, or even from fishers themselves. You're the ones here today. Since 2022, there have been two points of view. We have your perspective and the industry's perspective. The industry people maintain that the mackerel are plentiful and that they see them everywhere when they go fishing. At the [more]

I don't want to cut you off, but have you been doing these samplings in the same places for the past 20 years?

It's irrelevant.