Thank you.
I have a very simple question. Given the fact that we have a wild salmon policy in Canada that differs from the Alaskan policies and some of the other international policies, which seem to go towards ocean ranching, I'm wondering if Mr. Beamish or anybody else wants to address whether our wild salmon policy nestles in, in a way, on the international front, where we can expect our wild salmon policy to be successful if we do make some changes.
The other thing I'd like to ask is this: If there were three things that the department could do as priorities in order to save salmon.... It doesn't have to be three—it could be two or five—but I want to know your top priorities. Is it removing fish farms? Is it hatchery enhancement? Is it taking nets out of the rivers? If there were a list of your priorities that you think would actually do the best amount of good for ensuring that wild Pacific salmon populations rebound, I would be curious to know what those are.
I'll start there.
Mr. Beamish, I'll leave that with you, and then we'll go to the other witnesses.