Thanks, Mr. Chair.
We've had a number of witnesses at the committee, including Mr. Jim Irving, who referenced the 2,300 studies that have been done on the wild Atlantic salmon. His suggestion was to review those studies and find the recommendations as one of the ways forward.
Mr. Green, I appreciate your recommendations as well and your dedication to the idea of the department establishing a wild Atlantic salmon task force, and there was an earlier question.
First of all, I want to read another comment from Mr. Bill Taylor of the Atlantic Salmon Federation.
In his testimony to the Senate committee, he indicated that DFO should introduce an approach similar to Quebec's river-by-river management model.
Mr. Kevin Stringer of DFO, in his testimony, pointed out that “Quebec has a system that largely does that. It's not inexpensive, it involves work with NGOs, and it is a complex system”.
I'm wondering, Mr. Green, in your recommendations—and you did just talk about this—if you could elaborate on whether you think the department should put the kind of resources needed into that river-by-river management, or you agree...and I thought I heard you say you did. Could you comment a bit more about the expenses and the resources needed to make the system effective?