Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks for being here, Mr. Doucet. I appreciate your comments.
You actually touched on most of the questions I wanted to ask.
I should mention that I'm from the west coast. We have an issue with salmon right now, the wild salmon fishery and the fish farms. I have a real interest in going there, but we're here for snow crab. I'll leave it until after this meeting to chat with you.
In terms of consultation, David Bevan from the department mentioned earlier that the provinces were consulted, first nations were consulted, and industry was consulted, in terms of the TAC and the recent announcement. You mentioned that you had discussions with the department, but the outcome wasn't quite what you had anticipated. I think you've answered that question.
We had Mr. Basque, with the Mi’gmaq, earlier today. He said they didn't feel they were consulted at the level they would've liked in terms of consultation.
As I have only five minutes, I'm going to ask my three questions. Again, as I said, you've touched on most of these, but perhaps you could comment a little further.
On marketing and the importance of therefore looking at MSC and certification, how do you see that?
In terms of investment and value-added programs, or essentially any programs that would bump up the price of what you could get per pound from any product, perhaps you could comment on that.
In terms of programs that the feds or the provinces, in conjunction with the federal government, could work on or that you could recommend for times like this when there are decisions that affect workers, what types of programs would you like to see the federal government offer? Any specifics would be helpful.
Finally, could you recommend any long-term access management models or suggestions?