Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on 
Fisheries and Oceans

Issue 19 - Eighth Report of the Committee

Thursday, February 19, 2015

The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has the honour to present its

EIGHTH REPORT

Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Monday, December 9, 2013, to examine and report on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada, respectfully requests supplementary funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015.

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules, the supplementary budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that committee are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

FABIAN MANNING

Chair

STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON
FISHERIES AND OCEANS

SPECIAL STUDY ON THE REGULATION OF AQUACULTURE, CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE INDUSTRY IN CANADA

APPLICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2015

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Monday, December 9, 2013:

The Honourable Senator Manning moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Unger:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be authorized to examine and report on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada; and

That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the committee on this subject during the First Session of the Forty-First Parliament be referred to the committee; and

That the committee report from time to time to the Senate but no later than June 30, 2015, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Gary W. O'Brien

Clerk of the Senate

SUMMARY OF BUDGET

The above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on Tuesday, ________, 2015.

The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is considered.

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Date            The Honourable Fabian Manning
                   Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

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Date           The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin
                  Chair, Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE
TOTAL COST OF THE SPECIAL STUDY

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(2) of the Senate Administrative Rules.

The total estimated cost for the entire study amounts to $696,530.

STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON
FISHERIES AND OCEANS

SPECIAL STUDY ON THE REGULATION OF AQUACULTURE, CURRENT CHALLENGES
AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE INDUSTRY IN CANADA

EXPLANATION OF BUDGET ITEMS
APPLICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2015

The Senate administration has reviewed this budget application.

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Heather Lank, Principal Clerk, Committees Directorate        Date

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Nicole Proulx, Director, Finance and Procurement               Date

APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT

Thursday, February 19, 2015

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, for the purpose of its special study on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada, as authorized by the Senate on Monday, December 9, 2013. The said budget is as follows:

Activity 5: Boston	$ 8,055
Total	$ 8,055

(includes funds for a conference; includes funds for 1 senator to travel)

The budgets approved by the Senate for each travel activity are the maximum amount that can be spent for that activity;

Budgets normally include funds for the full membership of the committee to travel;

In general, a reduced delegation actually travels and efforts are made to find additional savings;

Therefore, actual expenditures are expected to be considerably below the approved budget, and they will be reported to the Senate;

Any surplus funds remaining at the conclusion of a travel activity will be clawed-back and can be made available for allocation to committees for other activities.

Respectfully submitted,

PIERRE CLAUDE NOLIN

Chair