Mr. Finnigan, thank you very much. The problem is that the salmon is a very complex fish, and its ecosystem is very complex as well. Many changes have taken place on the river over the past 30 or 40 years. The disappearance of green eels, for example, is a very significant absence on the river. There are other species that have slowly disappeared, too, but because they're not of any particular interest to anybody, nobody's paid much attention to them. That's why I'm suggesting a federal task force within DFO to tackle this whole problem, so that they can look at not only the overarching salmon management but all of the other parts that are networked to it in order to assure a healthy river system.
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