Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I was speaking in the House the day before yesterday about the plight of the commercial fishery on Great Slave Lake and the need to extricate, get ourselves out from under the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, the Minister for ITI responded that there had been yet another review done. These are just a few of the reviews that I grabbed out of the library today that have been done over a fairly short period of time, actually. I noticed that, in this most recent review, which coincidentally I didn't even have a copy of when I was talking about this yet, but it talks about...what are the next steps now? I have a copy of the most recent review that we have dialogued, a discussion we have had with the commercial fishermen. It does seem clear that the traditional way of dealing through Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation is not the way to go. At the time when the fishery was most vibrant, it was all private fish buyers, mind you that is going back quite a few years in Hay River, but since FFMC has become involved, the fishery has been in decline and it continues to decline. I would like to ask the Minister of ITI what are the next steps in terms of responding to this report to get us away from FFMC. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 56-16(4): Revitalizing The Nwt Freshwater Fishery
In the Legislative Assembly on October 21st, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 56-16(4): Revitalizing The Nwt Freshwater Fishery
Oral Questions
October 21st, 2009
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