I think it was in my response to Vice-Chair Arnold that I provided a fair bit of information on that.
I can confirm that in February, Governor Michael Dunleavy, the Governor of Alaska, attended Whitehorse with three of his commissioners. The transportation commissioner and the fish and game commissioner were there. That was the first in-person meeting that had occurred between Alaska and Yukon in a number of years.
We had conversations on infrastructure, on Yukon River salmon and on a number of topics. That's when, in speaking to Commissioner Vincent-Lang at that time, he advised that notwithstanding the concerns and the push-back he had received from Alaskan first nations villages between Eagle and Nome, which I talked about previously, they were very much opposed to those restrictions. It was deemed to be contrary to indigenous harvesting rights in Alaska, but they are of the view that we must proceed with this agreement to try to reach 70,000 fish passing Eagle, Alaska. This last summer, it was only 15,000.
Therefore, the answer to your question is yes, we are having meetings with our Alaskan counterparts. I've met some by Zoom. I've met in person with Commissioner Vincent-Lang, and I meet with other commissioners as well. This is because, notwithstanding that we have an international relationship with Alaska, it's an incredibly important partner. We believe that the more in-person and Zoom dialogue we have with Alaska, the greater the likelihood we'll have of success in avoiding the extirpation of the Yukon River salmon.