Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Cox, you gave interesting testimony. In your introduction you talked about your background and some of the benefits of MPAs or protection. You said also that you're not really sold on the idea of MPAs, and that they may have limited success.
I was struck by your example that you gave. It seemed counterintuitive to me, the example of the person in the RCA who caught halibut. Can you talk a little bit more about that? If they don't work, why was there so much halibut there? It strikes me that if it's a protected area, and you're saying that doesn't work or they have limited success, although this person went in there and was catching halibut, no problem.... Can you square that circle a little?
The other comment is on the precautionary approach, and I'll come back to that.