Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Fisheries and Oceans
Issue No. 1 - First Report of the Committee
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such matters as were referred to it, tables, pursuant to rule 12-26(2), the following report on expenses incurred for that purpose during the Second Session of the Forty-first Parliament:
1. With respect to its examination and consideration of legislation:
2013-2014
General Expenses $ 0 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL $ 0 2014-2015
General Expenses $ 0 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL $ 0 2015-2016
General Expenses $ 0 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL 0 TOTAL $ 0
2. With respect to its special study on the evolving policy framework for managing Canada's fisheries and oceans authorized by the Senate on Monday, December 9, 2013:
2013-2014
General Expenses $ 0 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL $ 0 2014-2015
General Expenses $ 0 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL $ 0 2015-2016
General Expenses $ 0 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL 0 TOTAL $ 0
3. With respect to its special study on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada authorized by the Senate on Monday, December 9, 2013:
2013-2014
General Expenses $ 0 Activity 1: British Columbia 79,817 Witness Expenses 411 SUBTOTAL $ 80,228 2014-2015
General Expenses $ 0 Activity 1: Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia 66,975 Activity 2: Scotland and Norway 77,060 Activity 3: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec 57,631 Activity 4: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 34,010 Activity 5: Boston, USA 3,391 Activity 1: British Columbia (2013-2014 expense disbursed in 2014-2015) 1,208 Witness Expenses 22,865 SUBTOTAL $ 263,140 2015-2016
General Expenses $ 16,734 Activity 1: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (2014-2015 expense disbursed in 2015-2016) 9 Witness Expenses 0 SUBTOTAL $ 16,743 TOTAL $ 360,111
Your committee did not incur general postal charges during the First Session of the Forty-first Parliament.
During the session, your committee held 33 meetings (73.3 hours), heard 135 witnesses and submitted 12 reports in relation to its work. Your Committee examined 3 bills (S-3, S-224 and C-555), one Proposal to Parliament for User Fees and Service Standard (from Fisheries and Oceans Canada for Aquaculture Licenses under the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations) and received a total of 6 orders of reference.
Respectfully submitted,
FABIAN MANNING
Chair