Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our witnesses.
It's an interesting discussion we have before us today. We're talking about science, conservation, and sustainability. I don't think anybody around the table questions that we need science to deal with the fishery today in order to be sustainable and effect appropriate conservation levels.
We also heard from Christina Burridge that it's a very competitive world. We have competitors on the other side of the world who can produce and provide a product to our own market for a fraction of the price.
We're dealing with a dynamic that changes extremely rapidly. If you look at the history of the fishery in the last few years, tremendous change has been forced on the fisheries. We all acknowledge that.
Regarding the whole issue of science, there are lots of different types of science, and DFO is putting more money into science in the general sense.
For the benefit of the committee, I'm wondering if you could help us. We talk about the types of scientific activity: sentinel fisheries, test fisheries, stock assessment, and science surveys. Could somebody do a rapid discussion of these?
If anybody around this table has been involved in test fisheries, we'd appreciate some comments, if you have any.