In terms of bluefin tuna, the decision with respect to the total allowable catch on bluefin tuna is made by ICCAT, which is an international body dealing with tuna and tuna-like species. Canada is one of 49 contracting parties that participate in that.
A recovery plan was put in place in the 1990s for this species. Canada has been part of that. Every year science is done to assess how the bluefin tuna is doing and that science is provided to the ICCAT, the international tuna group, who met last month. They provide science advice with the suggestion of what a total allowable catch could be. This year's science advice said that there was room for an increase and that there should not be a reduction in the species as long as it didn't go above 2,250 tonnes in the fishery that Canada participates in. They did identify that there are signs of recovery in the species. On the decision to land at 2,000 tonnes, I think the view was that it was a cautious position that is somewhat up from where we were but short of where the science advice said we could go.
At the end of the day regardless of whether something is before us for consideration under the Species at Risk Act, we need to make a decision based on the science advice. That's one point.
The second point is that Canada is not alone in making this decision. We're one of 49 contracting parties that are at ICCAT, so that's basically how the decision gets made.