Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here.
Over our deliberations, we have heard a lot of conflicting evidence, not just in this study but in other ones. We hear on the one hand that fish stocks are low, that catches are miserable, but at the same time, every time there's some management of the catch, then we hear that the ocean is practically teeming with fish.
We heard this particularly with respect to the hatchery fish out of Washington state down off the mouth of the Fraser River and down into Puget Sound.
Dan, from your observation as a fisher, what's the state of the stock out there? Are you able to catch fish if you're allowed to?