Thank you, Chair.
Madam Minister, I'll follow up on some of your earlier answers. By the way, I support your decision of allowing a limited mackerel bait fishery this spring.
Could you explain to the committee the importance, as you see it, of having input from and the perspective of commercial fishers on how they view stocks, when you are faced with making decisions...that the department provide you with data and you have to make the ultimate decision? What's the importance of having the perspective of commercial fishers?