Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. Honourable Members may be aware that three exploratory fishing vessels have been working to evaluate the potential of the in shore fishery on coastal waters in the Iqaluit area.
This has not resulted in any promising findings for the commercial development of this fishery. Mr. Speaker, I now wonder why the decision was made to put a priority on testing the in shore fisheries potential around Iqaluit instead of expanding our knowledge of zones where a viable harvest has already been demonstrated.
My question is, can the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism indicate why this summers test fishing efforts were concentrated in the Iqaluit area rather than more promising sea beds in other regions of the Baffin coast?