Minister, I appreciate that, but that wasn't my question. My question was that this is an area of interest, which is the next step shortly to being a marine protected area. All the marine protected areas that DFO has designated so far in Nova Scotia are no-take zones where you can't fish. Will you provide the committee with the science of what's in decline in this area and the proof that it is interaction with mankind that's causing that decline in order for this to be protected?
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