Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning.
I would like to continue in the same vein because this is extremely important, in my opinion. Of course, I'm not going to ask you the same questions as I did in Moncton, because I'm likely to get the same answers. So then, I'll focus on other issues.
No doubt you are aware that very soon, we will be examining ways of collecting the scientific data on which you base decisions such as the ones you made this year. I'm interested in knowing whether this scientific data has limitations. You mentioned a 25,000 km2 zone that you have expanded. You talked about a method that has been adjusted over the years. It's a well known fact that this data is collected at a specific time during the summer. Analyses and scientific data have their own limitations. While the objective is to collect the best possible scientific data, the process will not be 100% accurate.
I'd like to know, from a scientific standpoint, what limitations your approach may have and if it does have limitations, can they be quantified? If not, are there other ways of doing this analysis? Do you encounter people who maintain that a different approach could be taken? There are other crab fishing zones around the world. Is this method exclusive to Canada? Is it used only in Atlantic Canada or do we see it used everywhere else?