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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Fisheries

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98

Chairman: The Honourable GERALD J. COMEAU

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Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Thursday, May 28, 1998

Issue No. 9

Fifteenth and sixteenth meetings on:

The questions of privatization and quota licensing in Canada's fisheries

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 27, 1998 (74K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 28, 1998 (67K)

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WITNESSES:

May 27, 1998

By videoconference, from Pacific Salmon Alliance:

Dr. Chris Newton, Research Director.

By videoconference, from the West Coast Trollers' Association:

Ms Kathy Scarfo, President.

May 28, 1998

By videoconference, from the Eastern Fishermen's Federation:

Mr. Klaus Sonnenberg, Treasurer;

Ms Melanie Sonnenberg, Executive Coordinator; and

Mr. Osborne Burke.

By videoconference, from National Sea Products:

Mr. Michael O'Connor, Fleet Operations and Government Relations Manager.

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THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

The Honourable Gerald J. Comeau, Chairman

The Honourable Raymond J. Perrault, P.C., Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Butts, Cook, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Jessiman, Losier-Cool, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Meighen, Robertson, Robichaud, P.C. ( Saint-Louis-de-Kent), Stewart

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Rossiter resigned (May 22, 1998).

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