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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Fisheries and Oceans

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14

Chair: The Honourable FABIAN MANNING

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 (in camera)
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Issue No. 14

Twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth meetings:

Study on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada

WITNESSES

Thursday, November 20, 2014 (morning meeting)

New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries:

Katherine Brewer-Dalton, Senior Advisor, Regional Development Division;

Kimberly Watson, Regional Director, Regional Development Division of St. George;

Joseph LaBelle, Director, Policy Advocacy and Strategic Projects Branch.

Government of Prince Edward Island:

The Honourable Ron W. MacKinley, MLA for Cornwall—Meadowbank, Minister of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development;

Richard Gallant, Deputy Minister, Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development;

Neil MacNair, Director, Aquaculture Division, Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development.

Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association:

Larry Ingalls, chair, and President, Northern Harvest Sea Farms;

Murray Hill, Regional Manager.

Prince Edward Island Aquaculture Alliance:

Ann Worth, Executive Director;

David Lewis, Shellfish Grower, Business Owner, Board Member, PEI Oyster Growers Group.

Aqua Bounty Canada & PEI Aquaculture Alliance:

Dawn Runighan, Facility Manager, and President, Prince Edward Island Finfish Association.

Table maricole du Québec:

Sophie Fortier, Coordinator.

NB Professional Shellfish Growers Association:

Martin Mallet, Chair.

Confederation Cove Mussel Co. Ltd:

Stephen Stewart, President.


Thursday, November 20, 2014 (afternoon meeting)

Huntsman Marine Science Centre:

Jamey Smith, Executive Director.

NSERC Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network:

Thierry Chopin, Professor of Marine Biology, University of New Brunswick.

Village of Blacks Harbour:

Teresa James, Mayor.

Town of St. Andrews:

Stan Choptiany, Mayor.

Atlantic Salmon Federation:

Jonathan Carr, Executive Director, Research and Environment.

Conservation Council of New Brunswick:

Inka Milewski, Science Advisor.

As an individual:

William Ernst.


Thursday, November 20, 2014 (evening meeting)

Skretting:

Dr. Steven Backman, Aquaculture Veterinarian.

New Brunswick Research & Productivity Council:

Benjamin Forward, Head, Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.

Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association:

Betty House, Research and Development Coordinator.

Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada:

Debbie Plouffe, Vice-President, Research.

Cooke Aquaculture Inc.:

Michael Szemerda, Vice-President, Saltwater Division.

Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island:

Randy Angus, Director, Integrated Resource Management.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Fabian Manning, Chair

The Honourable Elizabeth Hubley, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Baker, P.C., *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Lovelace Nicholas, McInnis, Meredith, Munson, Poirier, Raine, Stewart Olsen, Wells

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (October 8, 2014).

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