The lack of connectivity in the Grand is a direct result of a small dam. There are a number of small dams on the Grand. These dams were put in possibly 100 to 150 years ago. Some of them are very old. Our communities are built up around them. They were used to power mills and sawmills, so they were an important part of the history of our communities. In this case there's a dam about seven kilometres upstream from the lake that is a barrier to walleye movement. There is a fishway in place and it will move certain species of fish but it's been a challenge to get walleye to move through that.
Canada has traditionally housed the experts in fishways through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Certainly they can help us with the science to understand how we can improve our fishway to move fish up through that system more effectively. Trout are relatively easy to get over a fishway because they can jump. Walleye actually swim through fishways, so it's a lot more difficult to get a fishway that moves walleye upstream. That's the connectivity piece.