That's a great question, Mr. Hardie. I thank you for asking that.
When I was a member of Parliament and the fisheries and oceans critic for the NDP in 2017, I asked the then minister of fisheries and his chief of staff, Ms. Blewett, that question, and the response was that we knew the flag of the country that had these massive nets out, not far from domestic waters, in international waters off our shores, but we weren't able to come forward with identifying that country because of the lack of support at the G7 or G8 table. That again is part of the bold solution. We need to out those countries that are taking our fish in massive quantities. If there is illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing happening in our waters, we as a country need to identify that.
We also know that even in domestic waters we can be doing a better job of harvesting with selective methods, in the Fraser and in many other watersheds as well. There are many solutions we can look at with regard to the harvest issue, not to mention habitat and hatcheries.
If I could leave the committee with one imperative, it would be to please act now. Bold action is needed. There's a framework that's already been mentioned and outlined in much of the witness testimony you've already heard.