Fisheries committee  Having worked on these related issues for a long time, 20 years or so, the improvement is noticeable. There have been great strides. We still face the same issues, and we've reduced the number of escapes, but we have also produced many more salmon in net pens. The levels of escap

Fisheries committee  Certainly, I would think that closed, land-based facilities will be better than open systems, for the very reason that it's a penetrable environment and a penetrable cage. Open-net pens are still going to persistently have those problems. They can be reduced, certainly, and that'

Fisheries committee  I believe they're doing some work in Iceland using closed containment as an option for Arctic char and other species. I'm not sure about the densities they're working at.

Fisheries committee  I'll just add a little bit. I think it would provide clarity to all interest groups as to what the legislation is. Right now it's dispersed across a series of different bodies, which makes it very difficult for fish farmers. It makes it very difficult for the public to understa

Fisheries committee  I think Jeff covered most of it.

Fisheries committee  Yes. I'd say that with ISA—I'll just follow up from what Jeff was saying—the classic example for ISA would be what happened in Chile. You're probably quite familiar with the collapse of the industry there as associated with the outbreak of ISA in that region. In Norway they've h

Fisheries committee  I don't remember off the top of my head what the purpose was initially.