Mr. Speaker, there is a great concern. There was a report yesterday about the problem in the Newfoundland cod fisheries and, here we go again, we are planning to do exactly the same thing in the Arctic. In Pangnirtung the fishing is very small and the individual groups are depending on the fish in that very ocean. Cumberland Sound is not very large, and if we are going to have the same practice which they have in the Atlantic Ocean, for the cod fisheries off Newfoundland, would the Minister have a long-term, futuristic attitude toward the issuing of the licences? We are hoping that there will be other considerations made and that he will participate fully in that, other than waiting for the federal government to decide unilaterally.
James Arvaluk on Question O70-12(2): Fishing In The Cumberland Sound Area
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question O70-12(2): Fishing In The Cumberland Sound Area
Question O70-12(2): Fishing In The Cumberland Sound Area
Item 5: Oral Questions
February 17th, 1992
Page 55
James Arvaluk Aivilik
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