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Custodial action coming: Hearn
By ROB ANTLE, The Telegram




Canada has already asserted, to a large degree, management over the Grand Banks, according to federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn. Pictured are fisheries officers boarding a fishing vessel during routine patrols. Hearn says he will soon have progress to report on the issue of custodial management. (Photo Courtesy of Fisheries And Oceans Canada)


Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn says there is plenty of behind-the-scenes action happening on the custodial management front, and he will soon have progress to report.
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In 2004, a Hearn motion on the issue passed Parliament by a 124-95 count. It called on Ottawa to extend custodial management over the nose and tail and Flemish Cap.

That motion, however, was not binding.

Briefing papers prepared for incoming prime minister Paul Martin in December 2003 warned of many consequences to declaring custodial management.

“In short, unilateral action to take custodial management of the Grand Banks and the Flemish Cap would have legal, political, financial and possible military ramifications,” said those documents, according to the Canadian Press.

rantle@thetelegram.com

More fluff for the uninformed. If they are so intent on taking control of the Continental shelf why haven't they moved on the United Nation Law of the Sea Article 76 which would allow them to do just that?
Why does Ottawa refuse to sign onto a ban the Bottom Dragger/Trawl initiative?
Why hasn't Ottawa funded the Sea Map initiative?
Why does Ottawa still hand out fishing Quotas to foreign countries inside the 200 mile limit?
Why are indiscriminant harvesting practices still sanctioned by Ottawa when they know full well it is destroying the habitat.
Why hasn't Ottawa funded a truth campaign to combat the propagandist campaigns of the Animal Rights Activists against the Legal and Humane Seal Harvest.
Why Hasn't Ottawa changed the Quota system for Sealing to better promote utilizing the entire seal?
Why does Ottawa still maintain it is illegal to shoot seals with a Shot gun when the pellets are now made of steel and pose no threat to food contamination.
Why does Ottawa still allow bycatch with outdated fishing practices?
Why hasn't Ottawa provided the Fishers who FEED CITIES the same support as they have farmers who whine in cities?
Why hasn't ottawa ponied up funding for Aquaculture especially seeing as they re the ones who destroyed the continental shelf fishery?
Why hasn't Ottawa made some ocean reserves, breeding grounds, safe havens?
Why Hasn't Ottawa implemented a program to restore the destroyed habitate with manmade reefs?
Why are Newfoundland/Labradorians still being discriminated against with a token Food,Tourism,recreational fishery for 5 weeks in the worse time of the year when all of the capelin are gone to deep water and hence the cod too. When NS has an 11 month food,tourism,Recreational fishery.
Why does Ottawa still insist on negotiating with NAFO it is our continental shelf even the UN says so all we need to do is claim it?

Keep your eye on the prize this is just another red herring to get Harpocrite through to the next election when he will hang the same old red herring in front of our faces.

Red herrings
5 week recreational,food,tourism fishery.
ban all offshore groundfish processing. There are very few ground fish what do you think the kerfluffle is all about.