Thank you.
Thanks, everyone, for being here this morning. I'll quickly get into it.
I'll give you a little bit of my background. I was with the BC Wildlife Federation, so wildlife management issues and fisheries issues are dear to my heart. We've seen issues in British Columbia with predator management and with wolves in particular. In most of the province, our moose populations have dropped by about 60%. Some would say that it's because of the reluctance of the government to react and to do wolf management programs and so on.
We've also heard seals being referred to as the “wolves of the sea”. I certainly don't want to promote a seal cull, but because we're seeing the salmon populations drop to such critical levels in some areas, have we reached a point where we do have to manage other species proactively in order for the salmon to get past that critical threshold and reach critical mass where they're going to be able to multiply?
Would most of you agree with that? Is there anybody who wouldn't? I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. I want to make sure that if that's actually the case, the information we're hearing reflects that.