Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I want to thank all the members of this committee for agreeing to extra meetings to gather as much information as possible for this fisheries science study.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for taking time out of their busy schedules to come in and help us out here today.
Theoretically, fisheries management decisions are to be made based on solid science, of course. Livelihoods are impacted. In fact, the GDP of our nation is impacted by decisions made based on scientific evidence.
Mr. Chair, my question is for Mr. Knight.
In your experience, have you encountered situations where you thought scientific evidence may be questionable? Have you ever had to make management decisions based on science that in your own mind you might have questioned?