Canada maintains its sovereignty over the management of its fisheries. We do not seek permission or approval from the U.S. for the measures we put in place.
That being said, if we were to relieve or reduce measures and an entanglement were to occur or we were to have a year like 2017, when a number of animals were killed, some of them as a result of fishing gear entanglements, that would certainly be detrimental to Canada's engagement with the U.S. on the MMPA front. We believe we've worked very carefully with industry as we've worked to administer these measures.
I will note that we're not just guided by this U.S. legislation. The North Atlantic right whale is an animal that is endangered and listed under the Species at Risk Act as well. We are not just implementing these measures because the U.S. has told us to do so; we are implementing these measures because our own domestic legislation requires us to do so under the Species at Risk Act requirements. Even if it weren't for the U.S. MMPA, we would certainly still be required by Canadian legislation to implement these protections.