Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am Mel Arnold, the member of Parliament for North Okanagan—Shuswap in south central British Columbia.
I definitely have salmon through my riding as well. On the west coast, we have issues with salmon populations, so it's really important that we have this hearing here to see if there are commonalities between the two. Again, I recognize the importance of the Atlantic salmon fishery and the recreational input that's there with that and the economic spin-off from that because we have much of the same in B.C. I look forward to hearing your testimony this morning. Thanks for being here.