Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses. I think we're going to get a lot of information here today.
My first question will go to Mr. Zeman, but I want Dr. Whitney to know that I'm going to ask her about science and other factors that need to be considered in ministers' decisions.
Mr. Staley, I'm also going to ask you about the essential elements of truly objective research, including the development of reporting.
First, though, Mr. Zeman, in our long history of all of the hearings that we've had, it seems that when the minister comes down with a decision—we're going to fish or we're not going to fish—the people who want to fish will come up with their own science when the decision is that we're not fishing. The reverse is also true.
How do we deal more effectively with the whole issue of duelling science when it comes to these decisions?