Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to the witnesses. Thank you for your time. This is excellent reading, I must say.
Mr. Thompson, I'd like your opinion. You were talking about the catch having improved over the years and the regulations having been changed. Do you feel that the regulation change in the fishery has much to do with the increase in the catches, and do you feel that the regulations are put in in a proper way, with consultation with the fisheries groups? What I'm asking is whether you think it's from the bottom up or from the top down.