One major issue that we've had, as you know, is core fishery science. We are seeing some improvements in the last year, but we had a two- to three-year period when we didn't get surveys done. We were not able to do the assessments. We can't make science-based decisions without the assessments, and that was a major problem. We are making some progress now—it's good to see—but fisheries science is definitely an area where we haven't been meeting our expectations.
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