When the federal government expressed its interest in registering salmon on the list of endangered species, the FQSA prepared a brief, which was actually presented to the federal government. In the brief, we criticized this approach. We find that it is not necessary.
First, there are two different management levels between the federal government and us. The study carried out by COSEWIC contains items that we think are debatable. We don't think adding salmon to a list of endangered species will help us. We think that the attention we give to our rivers in Quebec is important and unique, in addition to allowing for good salmon concentration.
If we can receive assistance from the federal government for the black box in the sea and commercial fisheries, I am sure that we will be able to bring back the salmon. There is no doubt about that. I don't think we need a procedure that endangers our salmon to achieve that objective. Furthermore, our brief includes the comments I am sharing with you today.