Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And thank you once again, sir.
You're probably aware of our 2005 report regarding the 2004 Fraser River run. The committee made 12 recommendations. One of them, of course, was the use of drift nets above Mission. I'm just wondering, has your department, especially out there, accepted that recommendation?
We have, I believe, over 90 different first nations along the Fraser River, if I'm not mistaken, plus all the commercial activity at the mouth of the Fraser. And obviously, if you want to protect the integrity of the number of spawners going back up, you have to catch them in a way that's the most ecologically responsible. From my understanding, using drift nets is not one of the more ecologically responsible efforts at doing that.
I'm just wondering, is there a prohibition now on drift nets on the Fraser above Mission?