Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, otherwise known as FOPO, or SCOFO, or whichever acronym you wish to use on this given day.
We are continuing our study into marine protected areas. I won't go into details about the motion. We'll get to our guests.
We have one witness here in the committee room. We have two video conferences, one from British Columbia and another from Australia. We thank you so very much.
We're going to start with Dr. Rodolphe Devillers, professor, department of geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
What we'll do, folks, is have our 10 minutes or less as your opening remarks, and then we'll get into the rounds of questioning from the members of Parliament around the table.
Dr. Devillers, you have 10 minutes or less.