Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our DFO panellists.
I just want to start off with climate change and the impacts. Scientists are telling us that the Arctic and northern areas are warming at twice the rate of anywhere else on the planet, and there was a reference made that by 2030 or 2050 it could be ice free. Obviously this is an issue.
How much of an issue or an impact is it on the fishery, and what are the concerns or the perspectives of the local fishing industry? What are their concerns and perspectives? What is our available science on that? Do we need more? Do we have adequate...? What is the role there?