Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to commend you for your report. Thank you for the amount of detail you've included.
Just by way of information, I come from a very rural background in Newfoundland and Labrador. Rural communities, of course, saw aquaculture as an opportunity, as an economic development opportunity, particularly after 1992 with the closure of the wild fishery and the moratorium that has existed ever since, for the last 26 or 27 years.
So aquaculture is being promoted by the province and identified as an opportunity to grow fish to feed the world's masses, to sustain rural communities, and to create jobs. We have many bays and extensive coastlines that seem to be ideal environments for growing fish in the nets and the pens that they use in Newfoundland and Labrador at the moment.
It seems to me, based on a recent conference I attended, that they've made substantial progress in Newfoundland and Labrador in the aquaculture industry. I read your report, and of course I realize it's national in scope and that you're reviewing the entire industry across the country. Do you see any significant differences in the various jurisdictions, say, from B.C. to Newfoundland and Labrador to New Brunswick? Is there an area where you could say they've done it right, or are all of them challenged? Have they all made some significant improvements, or do they all have challenges to meet in order to cover this industry properly?