The Atlantic snow crab fishery : Interim report on the Committee's study of the federal government's new and emerging policy framework for managing Canada's fisheries and oceans

Research Staff: Claude Emery, Library of Parliament Till Heyde Clerk of the Committee ORDER OF REFERENCE Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, May 16, 2006: The Honourable Senator Johnson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton: That the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be authorized to examine and report on issues relating to the federal government’s new [...] The Framework was produced in response to a November 2003 request by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (hereafter referred to as the Minister) to review the current approaches to snow crab conservation, and to recommend a long-term conservation strategy. [...] DFO officials, for their part, informed us that the Department had been working with the provinces, the industry and communities to find a solution to the situation in the crab fishery. [...] According to the Minister, the person holding the licence should be the one who fishes the resource and the one who benefits. [...] In 2005, the FRCC reported that DFO appeared to be committed to the concept of shared stewardship in fisheries, and recommended that the Fisheries Act “undergo a total review in order that it responds to the needs of the modern day fishery, including the provision of open, transparent third-party, rules-based mechanisms for access and allocation, better enforcement tools such as administrative san