Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our valued witnesses.
Mr. Bernatchez, I found your portrait of the situation since 2016 very interesting. We've been seeing the various elements of the crisis facing fishermen for a long time now, particularly in Quebec, but also in the Maritimes in some respects. We can see the extent to which the way the Department of Fisheries and Oceans operates no longer works, whether it's the current quota allocation system or the way the department factors in local measures or knowledge. We are faced with this reality. In this respect, Mr. Robert's comments were very interesting. He said that we absolutely must build on resilience, particularly among inshore fishermen.
In the light of what some scientists have said, I wonder whether we don't need to do some fundamental work on the quota allocation system, the criteria and the historical shares, when we are in a context marked by major changes, particularly with regard to climate, biomass and predators, some of which apparently cannibalize each other, because there are so many of them.
In this context, to save the fisheries, to save the boat, isn't it necessary to look at a new way of doing things?