In B.C. the department's estimates for the the Pacific region itself are $10 million for the low estimate and $15 million for the high estimate. They told me before I came here that they have $3.5 million. That is before we start looking at things like a stock assessment for dogfish. It's before we start looking at things like meeting the conditions for marine stewardship and cancelling certification of salmon. The science for that is going to run into several million dollars.
We actually need a new approach to science, and we hope this committee will encourage the department to do that, because we have to position our fisheries to be successful in the 21st century, and we're living in a backwards world. If we want Canada to maintain its position as a significant seafood exporter, and if we want coastal communities, businesses, and individuals to be able to benefit from the wealth of our seafood resources, we have to find the money for science.