Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for appearing. This is a very interesting study we've undertaken here.
I'll start off with Ms. Burridge, if I could.
Ms. Burridge, you mentioned in your opening remarks something around how the science work or the research requests come forward. In the information we've received in answer to a recent Order Paper question, we see the budget for ocean science has increased by 65%, yet there's been a decrease of 3% in the fisheries science budget.
Can you speak a bit more about how you see the science that is being requested to be undertaken, and how it's affecting the harvesters?