Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all the witnesses for joining us today. Your comments are very informative, so I appreciate your input.
I'll try to sum up what's been said, to the extent possible.
Most of you mentioned the lack of funding preventing you from achieving your objectives and the need for up-to-date data. You also talked about the Cohen report. I believe Mr. Hill said that, even if the recommendations were implemented, it wouldn't achieve the objectives. It was also said that efforts were either too slow or insufficient. Mr. Zeman even brought up transparency. I'd say that just about covers what we've heard today.
I'm going to give the witnesses the rest of my speaking time.
I know this is a highly complex issue, with different bodies of water and different species. What steps do we need to take as a matter of priority, to have a positive and relatively long-term impact? Feel free to include funding in that.
Mr. Hill, Mr. Zeman, Mr. Hwang and Mr. Walters, the floor is yours.