Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I want to welcome our witnesses and the good senator.
As you're fully aware, the major decline in the ice in the central Arctic...about 40% of the central Arctic Ocean is open to commercial fishery. Of course, that is in international waters.
Is there any potential for an agreement with other countries for the co-management of this? Is there a possibility an agreement can take place, and what would Canada's role be? Do we want to establish a regional fisheries organization for the central Arctic region? Should the Arctic Council have a role to play, considering that we have the chair of the Arctic Council?