Thank you very much, Mr. Balfour.
I appreciated Ms. Davidson's intervention, but just wanted to clear the air a bit, and I thank the chair for his understanding.
Also, I think it was Mr. Stringer who indicated that you had enough scientific information and research to put the requirements in place. Mr. Balfour indicated, if I understood correctly, that you had basically 15 years of research in order to put this in place.
Now, again, staying within the boundaries of what we're committed to do here, do you feel that you had more than was required? Or, again getting back to the massive reduction in scientific research that's taking place with your department, do you feel that will tie your hands when it comes to doing things like changing any fisheries regulations? Can you respond to that? Or is there just too much information?