Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Minister Shea, welcome to you, and welcome to your backup team. It's good to have them here.
I apologize for being a bit late, but it's pretty rough down on Prince Edward Island, I can tell you. It's a job to get out. Anyhow, it's good to be here and good to have a chance to ask a few questions.
I think, Minister, you're fully aware of the great importance of the tuna fishery in the gulf. Hopefully you're fully aware that the hook-and-line fishery is one of the best managed and most sustainable fishery methods in the world, and that longliner fisheries have some of the most destructive means of fishing.
Are you considering an application to have an experimental longliner fishery in the gulf, and if so, why?