Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Hobson, you mentioned a “ticking time bomb” when you talked about pathogens connected with open net aquaculture. You were hesitant about giving any kind of a timeframe, but I wonder if I could push a little bit to see if you think there is essentially a timeframe, if you look back to the beginning of aquaculture in British Columbia on the west coast, anyway, and looking forward. We've heard from aquaculture companies that are talking about or thinking about expansion of open net.
If that was the case, if there was significant expansion on both west and east coasts, do you think there is an inevitability within a certain timeframe? You may not want to hazard a guess, but I'm going to try to push to see if you could hazard a guess about just how long it will be before that industry runs into some significant problems, as mentioned earlier--the sitings of Chile and the problems they've had.