Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for appearing here. I appreciate your testimony. It has been very helpful. I will try not to repeat many of the topics that have already been discussed, because I think this has already been really helpful.
Yesterday the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans made an announcement here in the Ottawa area about responsible protection and conservation of Canada's fisheries. I don't know if you caught that. Partway through, he made this statement:
You will also be happy to know that regulations will be developed prohibiting the import, transport, and possession of live aquatic invasive species, such as Asian carp, which are threatening the Great Lakes.
If the Fisheries Act were to be amended to refer specifically to the regulation-making power, or include regulation-making power that specifically addressed issues such as the possession of live aquatic invasive species, I'm assuming that you'd think that was progress. That may not be public education, but it has to be kind of close on that list of things we could do that would be helpful without costing a lot of money, at least at the outset.