I'll get started on that.
Again, I'll speak to the recommendations in the report. We were quite clear that we were recommending an increase in the harvest of striped bass, both the recreational harvest and the first nations harvest. We were recommending an increase in grey seal research and harvest. I know it's difficult in the larger scheme to try to predict what the impact of grey seals might be, or seals in general, but during the committee work we heard many testimonials over the course of our public hearings about seals that were congregating at the mouths of rivers, not just for smolts coming out but for the adults coming back in.
I know from personal observations at sea, during the days of the commercial salmon fishery, that if nets were not tended first thing in the morning, there would only be heads left in the nets, because the seals would fish the nets before the fishermen got to them. I personally believe there could be a very significant impact, particularly of grey seals but of other seals as well.
To try to get a handle on how much is difficult. A harvest of grey seals, perhaps, through first nations partnerships, and targeting areas that may be more prone to be impacting Atlantic salmon, was a recommendation that we clearly put forward in the report. We weren't avoiding that; we put it in there.