Translation of "sous-comité des pêches marines " (French → English) :

Such fisheries management measures may include special fishing permits or bans on specific fishing gears for specific areas to protect for example vulnerable marine ecosystems or sea grass meadows or certain conservation measures adopted under Article 7 of the Common Fisheries Policy

Government Response, dated November 12, 2009, to the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, entitled Nunavut Marine Fisheries: Quotas and Harbours, tabled in the Senate on June 4, 2009.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-857S (Pursuant to rule 131(4), the report and the response were deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Watt, that the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans entitled Nunavut Marine Fisheries: Quotas and Harbours, tabled in the Senate on June 4, 2009, be adopted and that, pursuant to rule 131(2), the Senate request a complete and detailed response from the government, with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans being identified as minister responsible for responding to the report.

‘pollution’ means the direct or indirect introduction into the marine environment, as a result of human activity, of substances or energy, including human-induced marine underwater noise, which results or is likely to result in deleterious effects such as harm to living resources and marine ecosystems, including loss of biodiversity, hazards to human health, the hindering of marine activities, including fishing, tourism and recreation and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of the quality for use of sea water and reduction of ...[+++] amenities or, in general, impairment of the sustainable use of marine goods and services.

Mr Fischler recalled that EU money was already available under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) for socio-economic measures including: co-financing of early retirement schemes, individual compensatory payments to fishermen in case of permanent withdrawal of their vessel, payments to fishermen to help them retrain or diversify their activities outside marine fisheries, or the introduction by Member States of nationally financed measures for fishermen in order to facilitate temporary cessation of fishing activities in the framework of plans for the protection of fisheries resources.

It was agreed that the draft report entitled Nunavut Marine Fisheries: Quotas and Harbours be adopted and that the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be authorized to approve the final version of the report taking into account the changes discussed today.