Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for being here today. It's important to all of us on the committee to get as much information as we can.
I'll start with Dr. Di Cicco.
Where the Cohen commission focused on Fraser River sockeye salmon, the committee's current study is examining the state of all Pacific salmon stocks. Justice Cohen used the term, and I quote, “more than minimal risk of serious harm” when he defined the threshold of risk or harm the government should apply when managing impacts of open net-pen salmon farms on wild Pacific salmon. In your opinion, is there scientific evidence that open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia poses more than a minimal risk of harm to wild Pacific salmon?