Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
I'm referring to a document that was provided by the Library of Parliament to the committee in early February related to this study. It says that, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada publication entitled “Fishing Safety, Working together”, adding stern extensions to the vessel length can create dangerous situations. It refers to marine investigation reports, and then it says, pursuant to section 3.17(2) of fishing vessel safety regulations:
In the case of a fishing vessel that has undergone a stability assessment, a record of a modification or series of modifications that affects the stability of the vessel shall be kept until the vessel undergoes a new stability assessment that takes into account the modification or series of modifications.
How long do those records have to be kept, and how soon does that recertification or reassessment have to take place?