Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My questions are for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans personnel.
Fisheries represent 60% of the economy of my riding. Two of my colleagues here come from the Atlantic region, where the fisheries economy and fisheries strategies are very important. We have had a number of discussions in recent months and recent years concerning these strategies.
As you said earlier, Canadian fish and seafood exports to the Indo-Pacific region amounted to almost $2 billion in 2022. We export a huge volume of fishery products to China, but also to Japan and other countries here and there.
Under Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy, Canada recently opened an office of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-food in the Philippines. Why do we not have an office of fisheries and aquaculture? Is there one that we do not know about? In addition, what are you doing to promote our fish and seafood exports to countries other than China?