Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Morissette, I want to talk a bit about the human factor. I could obviously go on and on with stories about distressing situations that fishers, particularly mackerel fishers, are experiencing. For example, a young man got himself a boat, a licence and all the rest. He spent a fortune a few weeks before the mackerel fishery closure was announced. People have committed suicide. We actually heard of a suicide in Chandler recently.
With the way things are done now, should the human factor be a fundamental consideration? We need to eliminate this idea that fishers are evil opportunists. Fishers must become an ally in modern ecosystem management.