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Fisheries committee That's right.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee In Quebec, museums like ours receive funding from the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications for their operations. We sometimes receive grants from Canadian Heritage to set up certain projects or produce museum exhibitions. In our case, these are always scientific exhibitions on the marine environment of the St.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee Absolutely. That's kind of the goal I wanted to mention earlier. Seal hunting outfitters could be established. We know that in the Gaspé, on the North Shore, in the Lower St. Lawrence, and even in the Magdalen Islands, the tourist season runs from June to October. It would be very interesting if tourism activities could continue from November to March, particularly through the seal hunt.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee It will be a pleasure to have you.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee Yes, absolutely. The first year our museum offered seal training, we received death threats and the police had to get involved. Today, we promote these courses even more and we don't see that kind of backlash on social media at all. People from all over Quebec are raising their hands to take the training, but unfortunately they don't have access to this training or to hunting licenses.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee First of all, we are not yet successful in meeting the Quebec demand. So let's start by feeding ourselves. This is a basic principle of food autonomy and sustainable development. Let's start by fully meeting Quebec's demand. Once we have saturated the market, we can turn to foreign markets.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee The flipper, to make duck fat confit flipper.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier
Fisheries committee Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for having me. I am here to talk to you about responsible seal meat marketing. In 2009, the Exploramer Science Museum, an oceanographic science museum located in Gaspésie, Quebec, implemented a program for the sound management of the marine resources of the St.
March 23rd, 2023Committee meeting
Sandra Gauthier