That's an excellent question and a very important part of the discussion. Again, I'll reassert that I'm glad your committee is taking this issue so seriously.
I would have a few things to say. That's something that I think needs to be considered; it needs to be taken into account when a transition is taking place. We also have to think about the displacement of other economic activities that may be occurring as a result of open-net pen salmon aquaculture. I say maybe, as I was very clear we're still trying to figure out a lot of this, but certainly in southwest New Brunswick we've had a very long and sustainable herring weir fishery, which are traps in coastal environments that catch schools of herring.
The evidence of their displacement by salmon farms is quite clear. It's contained in the CURA report Inka Milewski referenced. Even aerial photography of the outer Bay of Fundy, southwest New Brunswick, over the last 30 years makes a very compelling case for where you can see salmon farms coming in and then weir sites no longer being fished.
I think it's important to factor into that equation economic activities that may be displaced in the rural coastal environment as well, but I agree that's a major consideration.