Jean-Paul Gagné is general director of the Quebec Fishing Industry Association.
I think the Americans will be forced to change their minds. Well, if they are lobbyists, we will have to counter them, adds Jean-Paul Gagné.
Steps have been taken in recent years across the country to prevent the deaths of right whales, a species listed as endangered by the federal government.
Methods for protecting marine mammals: the Americans are giving themselves until the end of 2025 to decide.BROADCAST HERE FIRST.At the heart of the world.
Methods for protecting marine mammals: Americans are giving themselves until the end of 2025 to decide
BROADCAST HERE FIRSTIn the heart of the world
Listen to the audio (Methods for protecting marine mammals: the Americans are giving themselves until the end of 2025 to decide. 11 minutes 9 seconds) According to Ottawa, there are only 336 right whales left in the world. Many fishermen believe that the measures put in place in Canada already go much further than what the Americans are doing to protect the species. Everything that is currently done in terms of capture is to protect the whale. A quote from Jean-Paul Gagné, general director of the Quebec Association of Fishing Industries If the American postponement to 2025 guarantees fishermen and processors two years of access to the American market, it also makes them experience great uncertainty about the future of their exports to the United States. Jean-Paul Gagné would like Fisheries and Oceans to do more to defend Canadian fishermen. These are actions that must be done. Not just statements from a minister or an MP. It’s concerted action between these provinces, the federal government and the industry that will bear fruit, he said. We will not stop all fishing around the world because of the right whale. The Americans will have to agree with us on the practices put forward in the future and we will respect everything necessary to protect the right whale, he adds.