Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My questions are for Mr. Thériault.
Mr. Thériault, I congratulate you for your 50 years of involvement in the fishing industry. You look too young to have 50 years of experience. All joking side, I also want to commend you for the work you're doing with McGraw Seafood, a plant located in the riding I represent. I just want my colleagues to know that this plant is owned exclusively by the Elsipogtog First Nation. I also want to give a shout-out to Jake Augustine, the plant manager.
In my opinion, the efforts that fishers and fishing industry stakeholders have been making for the past five years are nothing short of miraculous. We both know there's room for improvement as regards the flexibility of the measures and getting the fishery more back to normal in the coming years.
Mr. Thériault, do you think it would be possible to offer a bit more flexibility in terms of the measures and the temporary and seasonal closures? Last year, the gulf fishery was almost completely closed, although most of the quotas had been caught.
Is it possible to offer flexibility while ensuring that our markets, which are very significant in the United States and around the world, are not affected?