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House Hansard - 77

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, CPC)
  • May/30/22 3:08:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the fishing industry is sick and tired of the lack of respect shown to it by the government. With the season now upon them, fishers in Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame and in all of Newfoundland and Labrador are wondering where the capelin management plan is. DFO's own science says that seals consume 99 times more capelin than fishermen harvest. This year, the assessment did not happen. With these facts in mind, will the minister confirm that she will reinstate last year's quota for capelin, or will she listen to activists like Oceana and shut another fishery down?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Lib.)
  • May/30/22 3:09:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all fisheries are important. All conservation measures are intended to make sure that we maintain a healthy stock. That is the responsibility of DFO. With respect to the capelin decision, we are reviewing the science. We will be coming out very soon with a determination for the harvesters in the coming weeks.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mrs. Caroline Desbiens
  • May/30/22 8:57:01 p.m.
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Madam Chair, my last question has to do with capelin. I had to intervene seven times. I had to reach out seven times to make the department listen to two small-scale capelin weir fishers and understand that they were not negatively affecting the resource, even though the fishers themselves had sent numerous letters and emails without ever receiving a response. Their MP had to intervene seven times to get the suspension lifted at the end of the month. Can the minister explain why the department is not doing more to listen to people on the ground when it matters?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:57:39 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I am happy to say we heard the member of Parliament and we took action. We had a discussion with all of the stakeholders on the capelin fishery. That fishery started five days ahead of planned, and we are now considering the April 1 opening date that the member and the two weir fishers have requested. I think the department and I have been very responsive, and I am happy to have done that.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:30:52 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, that is not an answer. Why was the capelin stock assessment not completed this year?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:31:09 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I guess DFO could not charter a private vessel to go out and do the trial surveys for capelin and cod. What science was the minister referring to today when she was referencing capelin in question period?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 10:31:35 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I was referencing the fact that the science of the assessment of the capelin fishery is under way and the decision will be taken soon.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:31:47 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, if we did not have a vessel on the ocean in the past year doing the capelin survey, where did the science come from?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:32:05 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, the minister has a responsibility to harvesters. Capelin will show up any day in 4R. When will they see a management plan?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:40:12 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, Norway's oceans are 7.5 times more productive than ours and it might have something to do with its much lower pinniped populations. Recently, the minister admitted seals eat fish. Does the minister know how much capelin that harp seals alone consume in Atlantic Canada each year?
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