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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 152
Monday, June 17, 2019, 3:42 p.m. to 5:03 p.m.
Presiding
Ken McDonald, Chair (Liberal)

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Liberal

Conservative

NDP

• Vance Badawey for Churence Rogers (Liberal)
• Robert Sopuck for Blaine Calkins (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Michael Chalupovitsch, Analyst
• Thai Nguyen, Analyst
Adequacy of Enforcement and Penalties for Infractions of the Fisheries Act
As an individual
• Alexandra Morton, Independent Biologist, Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society
Coldwater Lobster Association
• Bernie Berry, President
Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association
• Robert Jenkins, President
• Ian MacPherson, Executive Director
BC Commercial Fishing Caucus
• Jim McIsaac, Managing Director
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, December 6, 2018, the Committee commenced its study on the adequacy of enforcement and penalties for infractions of the Fisheries Act.

Bernie Berry, by videoconference from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Ian MacPherson, by teleconference from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and Alexandra Morton, by teleconference from Sointula, British Columbia, made statements and answered questions.

At 4:38 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the Committee continue to sit.

At 4:38 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:45 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Jim McIsaac, by videoconference from Victoria, British Columbia, made a statement and answered questions.

At 5:03 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the Committee