Fisheries committee  The other thing about risk assessments is that they're living documents in a way, and we are able to look at new work that's being done. As I said before, we did look at trade. We didn't have a lot of information, so we have a lot less certainty associated with our rankings of tr

Fisheries committee  Yes. In both Canada and the U.S., this risk assessment has provided advice for management activities, such as where to look for species, and what kind of outreach areas we should be moving toward. It's been the foundation for the program here in Canada, but it has also informed A

Fisheries committee  The main focus of the Asian carp program will be prevention. That is our most effective and efficient use of funds in dealing with any aquatic invasive species, and especially this one, as we don't have them in Canada at this time. We need to focus on preventing their arrival so

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I do have a deck and if you turn to the second slide, it is a quick overview on risk assessment for aquatic invasive species. The first step is to look at the probability that a species will be introduced, taking into account the likelihood that it will arri

Fisheries committee  No. The three of us here generally stick to science and social science. It's not part of our responsibility for Asian carp in the Great Lakes. Our policy and socio-economic analysts are doing a study to determine what the impact would be from a socio-economic point of view. But w

Fisheries committee  Well, it would cover movement interprovincially.

Fisheries committee  That's the intent—aquatic species.

Fisheries committee  Yes, definitely.

Fisheries committee  The question might be better answered by people in regulations and policy rather than science people, but I am aware that it is currently in consultation—the draft regulations are in consultation—with the province, so I think they're hoping to have something very soon that they c

Fisheries committee  For an invasive species plant, we rely on the province to deal with that toxic group specifically.

Fisheries committee  The Government of Canada did.

Fisheries committee  It was not DFO.

Fisheries committee  The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is also a strong partner with us. It leads on education and outreach in the Great Lakes area.

Fisheries committee  I would suggest that for those groups you should try to leverage whatever expertise and abilities they have with their partner agencies outside of the Great Lakes.

Fisheries committee  I appreciate that question very much, because I ask myself that same question. Organisms in trade is an area of specialty for me, and I do work closely with enforcement agencies, both the province and the Border Services Agency. Dr. Mandrak and I had been connecting what we wou