Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Knight, how might this balance better inform our committee in the report that we will have to produce at the end of our study? What do you think is the most important thing we can do to better ensure that balance and predictability?
We hear that we have been seeing declining stocks of mackerel and herring for over 10 years. How is it that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans did not foresee this decline a few years in advance in order to provide guidance and support to the fishers who would be affected by the closure of these fisheries?