Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for Mr. Mallet.
This marks the 30-year anniversary of the closure of the northern cod fishery. That was supposed to be a three-to-five year closure. Now the mackerel fishery has been closed. The decision is quite contentious among harvesters, and the science is under question.
How long has your organization, the MFU, been lobbying DFO for harvesters to be involved in collaborative science?