Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, hello.
In order to make the most of my speaking time, I will just dive in straight away.
Since 2017, the presence of right whales in the gulf has been front and centre for all of the stakeholders [Technical difficulty—Editor].
[Technical difficulty—Editor] the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the DFO, set a closure date of June 30. Before, it was July 15. The fishing season was thus shortened by 15 days. That meant that fishermen had to catch their quota as quickly as possible.