Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
This is more a question for Mr. Lane, but I would like to hear Dr. Wright's opinion as well, if possible.
Concerning open-net production, there are many potential impacts, particularly on the environment. There is a lot of concern. For example, there is an added risk of disease for wild salmon and there is the presence of pollutants like pesticides, antibiotics and food preservatives.
Last Tuesday, we heard representatives of the aquaculture industry, namely Cooke Aquaculture, which is presently facing 11 charges concerning the use, in the Bay of Fundy, of a pesticide which is illegal in Canada. In this case, the pesticide was used to prevent sea lice. It was devastating. Evidence proved that this pesticide had a negative impact on the nervous system of lobsters, causing paralysis and even death of thousands of lobsters.
With open-net facilities, is it possible to use more biological tools to prevent this kind of disease? Is it possible to do without those pesticides which destroy other forms of life in the ocean?