Traduction de «Fair winds and following seas » (Anglais → Français) :

During the last 50 years there have been significant changes in the nature of humankind’s relationship to the sea, of which the following can serve as examples: the fact that fewer passengers are being carried by sea (and correspondingly more are being carried by air); the growing importance of leisure activities; the prospection for, and exploita ...[+++]tion of, fossil energy resources (oil and natural gas, in increasingly deep waters) necessitated by the dearth of resources on land; seabed exploration (still in its infancy) and the prospects for deep-sea mining; the prospects for utilising the energy potential contained in waves, tides, currents, and biomass (seaweed) to generate electricity; offshore wind farms; and the development of marine-related biotechnologies.

The MFU had made a request to share the very lucrative snow crab fishery based on the following three essential arguments: first, there is snow crab near the coastal regions where the inshore fishermen work; second, the inshore fishery has a multi-species fishing strategy designed to diversify resource management risk, in view of the fact that there is more than one licence and fishery and that, when times are tougher for one fishery, you can rely on another; lastly, the inshore fishermen wanted ...[+++] a fair distribution of profits from sea resources for the largest possible number of participants in the fishing industry and the largest possible number of rural communities in New Brunswick and elsewhere.

Last but not least, since the same laws of physics apply both in the air and at sea, I am sure we would all like to wish the European Aviation Safety Agency a fair wind on its journey!

Hon. J. Michael Forrestall: Honourable senators, assuming that that generous offer does not preclude questions that arise from the concerns some of us have about the selection of an adequate vehicle to replace the Sea King through a fair and open competition, might I ask the following question: On April 24, the Leader of the Government will recall tabling a written response to a question raised in this chamber by myself on March 29 ...[+++].