Thank you, and welcome. I truly hope that you can establish more trust between the wild fishery and the salmon farming.
If I understand correctly, the federal government, if there were a new licence, is responsible for the licensing off British Columbia and the province is responsible for the lease, if the licence is issued.
Now, just by way of example, if there's an expansion or a new fish farm is put in place, there's been a major problem, if I understand correctly, over the years. The wild fishery feel that the fish farms are in the wrong place; possibly DFO feels they're in the right place. But there's been a great ill feeling, particularly from the wild fishery, about the salmon on the migratory path coming by the fish farms.
Am I understanding correctly that you would issue the licence and the province would issue the lease? Is that correct?
Also, when you're answering—because I'm going to let Joyce ask another question or give her whatever time is left—when you have the escape problem that you have with the Atlantic salmon, it will be reported, but what will the repercussions be? I understand this is supposed to be somewhat of a problem. What repercussions would be in place for these types of things? And also if the lice problem is as has been described to us by a number of people involved in the wild fishery....