Joanne Thompson

Welcome back to the program and, uh, welcome.

Speaking of welcomes I'd like to welcome to the program the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, the, uh, member MP for St. John's East, Joanne Thompson.

Good morning.

Good morning.

We'll be right back.

Welcome back to the program.

Um, so we're here with the Federal Fisheries Minister, MP for St. John's East, Joanne Thompson.

I want to thank you again for being able to make time, especially in person, so we're privileged to have that as well.

This meant we needed to do it.

so there's debate whether she was intentionally doing this or not i mean that looks like a bird to me now i would base this off the person's character but considering it's joanne thompson she's arrogant she is smug i think she intentionally did this she rolled it out with the one two and then boom three rolled it out there thinking she could get away with it i don't think this was unintentional i think this was deliberate

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Speaker, selling out our fishing industry to foreign interests is not nonsense.

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans told W5 in a statement there may not be a causal link between farms and fish stocks.

And as for that shutdown plan, when W5 approached the fisheries minister, Joanne Thompson, she didn't confirm or deny whether the government plans to follow through, saying there is no single solution to the challenges facing wild Pacific salmon, which is why we are taking a comprehensive approach to protecting and rebuilding these stocks.

Mayor Corbett Labatt hopes that bodes well for Port Hardy.

And it is divided.

[ship horn] Well, our first guest says the federal fisheries minister has failed the public by ruling out a food fishery for lobster.

Last week, we told you that Joanne Thompson told the FFAW in a letter that a recreational fishery for lobster won't be considered.

The letter was then made public by the union.

Now, the man behind this lobby, Kyle Mulcahey, sent us a press release saying he's shocked and deeply disappointed by this.

But will he continue his lobby? We reached him earlier today at his home in Two Good Arm.

Well, thank you so much for joining us again.

Um, first of all, did you hear anything from Joanne Thompson directly? Like, how did you find out that she didn't wanna support this initiative?

Well, the way I found out was a post from the FA- FFAW with a letter from Minister Thompson.

Earlier this year, Ottawa declared the stock healthy and raised the commercial quota, the allowable catch, by 55%.

Here's Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson speaking to CBC Radio's The Broadcast.

I can tell you, I remember the devastation and what it looked like in those years.

And so to, you know, be in a place that I'm able to say the health of the stock is such that we can see increases across all aspects of northern cod fishery, that's a remarkable day.

You're only allowed two licenses on a boat, so obviously I went with my father and he went on his own way.

Um, the F- Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson is going to be here shortly.

I mean, do you Would you like to be able to speak with her about some of these things? And like, what would you [laughs] would you like to, you know, have a conversation with her about that?

Uh, yeah, I'll talk to her about it.