As a result, IUU fishing has become commonplace in certain areas, depleting fish stocks, causing much hardship for the coastal communities that depend on fishing for their food security and their livelihoods, not to mention the foreign exchange that abundant fish resources can provide. Las Palmas is an important port for the offloading of much fish from West Africa, destined either for the EU market or in transit to other markets.

Environment Canada’s experts concluded that long-term environmental impacts were very unlikely. h) Based on the scenarios examined for potential release of the fuel into the marine environment, no chemical recovery is feasible. i) Environment Canada is unaware of any scientific reports of the effects of the booster rocket chemicals on marine life. j) The U.S. has several launches listed on the NASA public web site but the Government of Canada is not aware if the U.S. intends to launch future rockets over similar areas of our coastlines. k) The booster has not been retrieved from the ocean floor. l)There are no plans to retrieve the boost ...[+++]er from the ocean floor.

In many regions, particularly in the small-scale coastal fishing fleet, which has the highest accident rate, it is fairly common for the crew to be paid in the form of a share in the catch.

The project will be contribute to assure the delivery of daily products and to the transportation of products used in the industry located along the Chinese coast as well as to permit the river transport of goods on the Yangzte which is a main link between the hilly, relatively inaccessible, inland province of Sechuan and the coastal region.

Should any area in Canada be in difficulty due to electrical shortages, hydro problems or whatever, do you all have contingency plans whereby you could assist certain municipalities with your generators from your boats or ships in the case of the coast guard, or private ships, trucks, or the CN, for example?

It is our understanding that dozens and dozens of MPs and senators from all parties and regions of the country, including several members of this committee, have written to the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister in support of the following budgetary expenditure: $350 million to replace those vessels that need to be replaced now, and $160 million in increased spending annually to meet the Coast Guard's current operational replacement.