Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll endeavour to get through all this in the allotted time.
I'm the program director for Quebec of the Atlantic Salmon Federation. We've submitted a brief to you that I understand has been translated.
On behalf of the ASF, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the committee for the opportunity to present some facts and recommendations with respect to the importance of the wild Atlantic salmon sports fishery in eastern Canada.
The subjects I will speak on this morning will be in regard to who we are as an organization, the value of wild Atlantic salmon, the state of our wild populations, issues related to the management of the resource, research on high marine mortality, and the Greenland and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon fisheries.
ASF was founded in 1948 in Montreal. We carry out research, advocacy, public awareness—