Fisheries committee  The answer to that I think lies in the licensing fees that can be charged, and perhaps should be charged, to any aquaculture operation. My understanding is that licensing fees are fairly minimal right now for the open-net cage industry. Some things have changed in the last couple

Fisheries committee  If I got the translation properly, I would support the land-based, closed containment technologies. There are ocean-based technologies. I think you heard from Agrimarine earlier in one of your hearings. I'm sure they addressed their systems for ocean-based tanks. We feel that lan

Fisheries committee  Can I let Andy Wright address that question? Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is Eric Hobson. I'm president of the SOS Marine Conservation Foundation. I hold a bachelor's degree in engineering from Carleton University. I am co-founder of Northridge Petroleum Marke

Fisheries committee  Catherine, would you please introduce yourself?

Fisheries committee  Dr. Wright and Ms. Emrick are both members of the SOS foundation's solutions advisory committee. I hope you have the handout; I thought maybe we could follow along on that. On page 2, slide 2, if you'd flip to that, SOS is a charitable foundation that funds economic, scientifi