The Chair presented the Fifth Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:
Your Subcommittee met on Thursday, December 9, 2010, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
1. That the Committee proceed with the work plan outlined below while taking into consideration that modifications to the calendar might arise.
2. That the Committee prioritize the completion of the report pertaining to its study of the snow crab industry in Atlantic Canada and Quebec; that the said report be completed by February 10, 2010 and, if necessary, that additional meetings be added to the Committee’s calendar in order to meet this deadline.
3. That the meeting of February 15th be devoted to hearing from witnesses with regard to the motion adopted by the Committee on November 25th, 2010, which is relevant to the Canadian Coast Guard’s Amundsen vessel.
4. That the first half of the February 17th meeting be devoted to hearing from the last witnesses with regard to the motion adopted on November 25th, 2010, which is relevant to the Canadian Coast Guard’s Amundsen vessel; that the second hour of the meeting be held to hold a general discussion on the Committee’s direction for the pursuit of the study of Aquaculture in the Pacific region.