Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As indicated, the fisheries in the Great Slave Lake, of course, are a renewable resource, and being renewable, it means that it can continue in perpetuity if it is managed correctly. Obviously, if you do not have closed fishing seasons during spawning time, we are going to lose a lot of fish that could lay eggs. The fishermen have told me that we used to have closed seasons, but we do not now. I would like to ask the Minister if, during his tenure of Renewable Resources as the RWED Minister and Renewable Minister, if he was that prior to that, during his time there did he ever recommend to the federal government that perhaps we should have closed seasons on the Great Slave Lake? Thank you.
Roy Erasmus on Committee Motion 25-13(7): Resurrecting And Priorizing The Northern Accord Proposal
In the Legislative Assembly on April 29th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 25-13(7): Resurrecting And Priorizing The Northern Accord Proposal
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 29th, 1999
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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