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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 24
Tuesday, December 14, 1999
The Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans met in camera at 9:05 o'clock a.m. this day, in Room 705, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Wayne Easter, presiding.
Member(s) of the Committee present: Sarkis Assadourian, Yvan Bernier, John Cummins, John Duncan, Wayne Easter, Bill Gilmour, Bill Matthews, Lawrence O'Brien, Carmen Provenzano, Peter Stoffer.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Alan Nixon, Research Officer.
Witness(es): From the Department of Fisheries and Oceans: Jeffrey Sheidow, Fishery Officer, Conservation and Protection, Summerside, P.E.I.; Kent MacRae, Fishery Officer, Conservation and Protection, Summerside, P.E.I.; Wayne Thompson, Field Supervisor, Conservation and Protection, Néguac, N.B., Gulf Region; Raoul Breault, Area Chief, Conservation and Protection E/N.B., Gulf Region; Edward (Ted) Maher, Director, Conservation and Protection, Scotia-Fundy Fisheries Management, Maritimes Region; Edmond Martin, Acting Director, Conservation and Protection, Gulf Fisheries Management, Gulf Region.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), study on the implications of the September 17th, 1999 Supreme Court decision on R. v. Marshall on the Management of fisheries in the Atlantic Region.
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 10:14 o'clock a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 11:14 o'clock a.m., the sitting resumed, the acting Chair, Peter Stoffer, presiding.
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 11:20 o'clock a.m.,Wayne Easter took the Chair.
At 12:10 o'clock p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
William Farrell
Clerk of the Committee