Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Chief Marshall and Mr. Martin, thank you for joining us tonight.
I'm relatively new to the committee so I feel like a lobster thrown into the boiling pot. But Chief, listening to you, you sound an awful lot like traditional or commercial fishermen in Atlantic Canada who similarly complain about DFO and their stubbornness and inaction and sometimes communication that goes one way. So there are some common elements already.
Following up on some questions that Mr. d'Entremont asked about conservation, which was put in place during the 1970s by scientists to ensure the lobster fishery remained viable, to save it as well or at least to turn it around and to ensure that the lobster fishery was there in the future and would continue to be there and remain prosperous. Can you talk to me about the importance of fishing seasons and whether you see a role for fishing seasons in the conservation of the lobster catch in Atlantic Canada?