Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister, and officials for appearing today.
When we did our study of the northern cod last year, two of the issues that we wrestled with the most were whether we should recommend to the minister of the day recreational fishery for cod, and secondly, whether we should recommend the opening of a limited commercial fishery in the inshore. You and your department have proceeded with both of those, I think.
I wonder if you could give us an update on how you think those have gone, and in particular whether there's any sense that the commercial fishery is threatening the recovery of the cod stock in general.