Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Roth, for your presentation and for being with us today at the committee.
I want to focus on the waste, disease, and parasite issue. You mentioned feed and feces impacting the receiving waters in the ocean. There's also the issue of parasites and disease. Certainly this committee has heard witnesses' testimony regarding the impact, for instance, of sea lice on wild salmon coming from finfish aquaculture.
I'm wondering if you can provide any comment about how you feel the west coast aquaculture industry is handling those issues of waste, disease, and parasites.