Mr. Chair, I wish to thank the member for the question. I'll offer my thoughts and then perhaps turn to my colleagues.
When it comes to fishing in the high Arctic beyond the exclusive economic zones of the five Arctic coastal states, there is no regime in place to govern fishing in that region, the principal reason being that there is no fishing activity taking place there currently. However, if that region were to become more accessible, one could imagine fishing vessels attempting to access it. There have been some informal discussions between the Arctic coastal states and other interested parties about how we could prepare to avoid such an eventuality and discourage unregulated fishing from taking place in that region.
It is conceivable that some of the provisions in this bill might be helpful in terms of putting in place an international agreement in that regard—