I'd just like to say that, in my opinion, at present there are no scientists at DFO who understand the mathematics behind the models that are in the literature, and this is a major flaw.
One of the arguments always put out by the industry or DFO is that there could be many other variables. However, these mathematical models clearly show that only one factor can determine these higher sea lice levels. Now, I'm not speaking about whether that translates into full mortality or not, but the problem is not so much whether or not DFO will do research but whether you have the people necessary to do the models that will actually isolate the variables that are important and that drive the system. They are presently not available at DFO.