Under these main estimates, what exactly is the funding you anticipate or have targeted for the Atlantic cod rebuilding plan? On the question of natural predation that you've alluded to in the southern gulf in particular, is it your understanding or view that it is that four-letter word s-e-a-l that actually causes a lot of that predation?
Because COSEWIC was rather absent in describing that; they specifically recognized that predation was a major influence in cod stock decline, but they did not, in their brief discussions, actually indicate where the predation came from.
So there are two questions. What exactly is the funding for the cod recovery plan? And does the Department of Fisheries and Oceans feel that seals are the major predatory element or a major predatory element in causing their extirpation?