I would say, cut the scientists loose. Give them a role and have them set objectives for fish populations. The big failure in all this is that we don't have objectives for fish populations.
What we saw with chum is that when we do, DFO still opens fisheries when we don't meet the objectives. It's the role of scientists to say what the capability or the suitability is of a stream to produce fish, how many fish we should have in it, and how we get there. That's entirely a science role, and right now, inside the department, that becomes muddled with managers wanting to open fisheries.
This is raw science. In terms of the habitat piece you talked about, in terms of Canada's role, we have to get the environmental assessment process right. The easiest thing is to manage the land for fish.