My organization doesn't actually have a position on that issue per se, because we have been striving for solutions to the problem. Rather than saying it's a yes-no equation, we've been working with the industry to try to find a way to put them on a more responsible footing.
Of course, there may be impacts from closed containment operations, but our objective is to try to minimize the impacts of the industry while retaining the benefits and the jobs. I think closed containment is going to significantly reduce the impacts of raising farmed salmon.
If we ever get to the point where our wild stocks continue to decline and the closed containment systems are not working, then we're all going to have to sit down and ask the hard questions of all Canadians. Do we want to do everything within our power to sustain the wild salmon, which are the backbone of the coastal ecosystem and all of the functioning of that ecosystem, or are we going to let them crash and die because we are invested so heavily in open net cages?
I hope we don't get to that point and I sincerely hope that the closed containment technology will provide the solution that we've been working for, for many years.