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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
Mr. Clifford Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, CPC)
  • May/30/22 10:27:06 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, it was interesting to hear the member for Milton, Ontario speak. I am wondering if the minister can let us know if the Kelso conservation area pond is being considered for an MPA.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:27:32 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, we have heard a lot of non-coastal MPs speak here tonight. I am happy to be a coastal MP and ask some questions, and I am proud to be a former fishing captain. In the minister's first appearance before the fisheries committee, she explained how her experience in the tree planting business prepared her well to be the Minister of Fisheries. Many people in the industry found this to be a bit odd—
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:28:16 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I do not need coaching when it comes to the fishery, especially from a man from the islands near Lake Ontario. Could the minister please explain—
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:29:00 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, could the hon. minister tell us how her background in planting trees prepared her to be the Minister of Fisheries?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:29:27 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, that is wonderful. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the northern cod moratorium in Atlantic Canada. Why was the annual northern cod survey not completed this year?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:29:49 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, does the minister consider it important to know what is happening with the cod biomass?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:30:05 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, could the minister please explain why the cod survey was not completed this year?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:30:19 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I have information that says that the vessel was not operating, and that is why that survey was not completed. Could the minister please confirm if there was a vessel available to complete that survey?
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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
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 10:32:28 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, does Canadian science rely as heavily on acoustic surveys as other North Atlantic countries, such as Norway and Iceland?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:32:52 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, one DFO official recently said that mackerel do not have swim bladders, as such they cannot be found acoustically. If this is true, how do fishers know where to set their seine?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:33:16 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, given changing environmental conditions, does DFO plan to modify the geographic parameters around scientific stock assessments?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:34:20 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, mackerel fishers have reported changing sizes and spawning locations and have asked to be involved in science, to no avail. I would like to ask the minister why.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:34:43 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, based on DFO surveys, fishing zone 4R has a growing shrimp biomass. Why was the quota cut this year?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:35:06 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, does DFO consider shrimp to be a forage fish for the exploding Gulf of St. Lawrence redfish biomass?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:35:23 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, shrimp fetch as much as $2 a pound. Redfish may fetch one-fifth of that price. Therefore, what sense does it make to stop fishing shrimp in order to grow a less valuable species like redfish?
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