Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the four gentlemen for visiting us here today. We are delighted that they have made themselves available for this study.
I'll start by saying that I think we can all appreciate the diligent work of the DFO scientists and the job at hand to determine the biomass in a vast ocean, specifically in the northern cod area of 2J3KL.
Can you explain to me a typical year of research and what surveys, technologies, and methods are used by DFO scientists to determine the biomass for northern cod? What dependence do you place on external groups and/or individuals such as fishers, the marine institute, and the FFAW?