I agree, John. I think DFO is very good at science, but not that good at getting that science into action through management. For example, the smolt-to-adult supplementation program was funded by the federal government, and it hit walls. Nothing was done. I think once we get the striped bass population under control, fewer than 100,000 spawners, we could jump-start the salmon population with a generation of smolt-to-adult supplementation.
The program's undergone a peer review, but it's being blocked by DFO. The peer review was positive, so I really don't understand why they couldn't be doing something like that.