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House Hansard - 77

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • May/30/22 8:24:01 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the minister recently decided to shut down the commercial Atlantic mackerel fishery. Two primary sources of science used by DFO to understand the science are stock catch data and spawning biomass. Can the minister tell us what temperature the water in the gulf needs to be for Atlantic mackerel to spawn?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • May/30/22 8:24:36 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the minister does not know the answer to that question. The water needs to be between 10° to 13°. Can the minister tell us what the average temperature has been over the last decade when DFO does it spawning science for Atlantic mackerel?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:24:51 p.m.
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Madam Chair, what I can tell the member is that the department is very committed to doing the science about mackerel, which happens every two years. We follow that closely.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • May/30/22 8:25:02 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I guess this is why the department is failing in its targets. Eight degrees is the answer. It is 8° when DFO does its science on spawning biomass, when mackerel only spawn in waters of 10° to 13°. Is the minister surprised to learn that the science that is being presented to her presents a picture of a low spawning biomass when DFO does its science because mackerel are not spawning?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:25:31 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I really appreciate the member's recognition of the importance of science and his keen interest in the science of mackerel allocations.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mrs. Caroline Desbiens (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, BQ)
  • May/30/22 8:42:45 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I am pleased to speak this evening. On March 30, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard closed the herring and mackerel fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with no prior notice that would have enabled fishers to pivot and come up with a plan B. When did the department first observe a drop in the biomass of spring herring and mackerel?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:51:30 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we discussed this at the Atlantic Mackerel Advisory Committee with all the partners involved in the file.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mrs. Caroline Desbiens
  • May/30/22 8:55:23 p.m.
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Madam Chair, in closing on this subject, what can the fishers hope for as they listen to us today from the Gaspé knowing they have no more work? Given that the fishers who depend on the herring and mackerel fisheries will have nothing to eat tomorrow, what can they hope for from the minister and her department as we speak in the House right now?
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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 10:34:20 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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