Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Parsons, as a former scientist--I guess you're never a former scientist in this regard--on the fish stocks, at the last two meetings we talked about who has the right to fish, when and where. Mr. Bevan did allude that there are.... I'm not quite sure how many stocks he said were on the rebound; they're improving. But I want to ask you, sir, if you have any up-to-date knowledge in terms of the status and health of the stocks now.
The reason I ask is that you're aware of Dr. Ransom Myers, who passed away, and Dr. Boris Worm, from Dalhousie, who indicated, many times, that these stocks are in serious decline and trouble and that if we didn't stop bottom trawling and dragging and things like that we would annihilate these stocks, possibly permanently.
Sir, are you aware of the health of the straddling stocks we're talking about? Are they improving, or are they at serious risk?