Thank you. That's a very important question when we talk about restoration.
The very first thing we have to tackle in British Columbia is water management. In B.C. there is a 2014 act called the “Water Sustainability Act”. It actually includes a commitment to minimum ecological flows so the water is shared between the ecosystem and other uses. That needs to really be implemented as we get drier and drier summer periods and less snowpack, etc.
The other element is that we have a long history of land use and alteration that has to be addressed.
The third thing, which we very frequently forget about, is that where the land meets the water in our estuaries, these are extraordinarily highly developed in many cases. These are very important habitats where salmon have to spend up to even about a month and where they adjust to salt water and continue to grow before moving out to sea.
There are many actions that we know are important to salmon and that can be undertaken. We heard Mr. Temple refer to the actions to take. There's the B.C. salmon restoration and innovation fund money. All of these things can be invested, but there's a lot we can do in fresh water and estuaries before we worry about the open ocean.