It's John Pugh speaking here. We're not going to take our seven minutes. We want to give the committee as much time as we can for them to ask questions. Very briefly, the New Brunswick Salmon Council is composed of 26 affiliates, some of which are in the room with you today. We participate in smolt tracking and we work closely with the organizations. We also sit on the board of the Atlantic Salmon Federation.
We are in complete agreement with everything that's been said thus far. The striped bass certainly are out of balance. From a recreational fisheries perspective, we've heard from some presentations on this matter at an earlier date that this is a great fishery. We don't feel that this meets the definition of a great fishery. It's certainly well beyond the expectation of people who participate in a striped bass fishery from the New England region and up and down the coast of the United States.
Being able to boat 100 fish plus per day is nonsensical for a recreational striped bass fishery. As Debbie said, the striped bass certainly are out of any form of ecological equilibrium, to the detriment of not only salmon and salmon smolts but also other species that utilize the Miramichi system, particularly smelt, which the spring kelts rely on for reconditioning. The striped bass are doing a number on those, as well as the gaspereaux.
I will turn it over to John Bagnall.
John, do you have anything to add to that?