That is definitely of interest to us. As I mentioned on several occasions in my testimony, there has been collaboration from the outset with industry to look at the observations and corroborate the various factors.
We have also been working with the Americans. We do so in various ways, including data sharing. It's important to know that northern mackerel stocks go into southern waters. Data exchanges and assessments that include several inputs used in our models are exceedingly useful to us.
Owing to the blending of stocks between the northern and southern contingents, genetic analyses are currently being done to see what impacts there might be for the United States fishery during the winter, when the northern contingent heads south. Those are the kinds of things we observe.
Of course, the various forms of collaboration introduced over the past year with fishers need to continue. We are going to continue sampling to get on with our scientific work. Everything being done at the moment, including the basic survey work and the historical data series, will continue.
In accordance with the priorities determined in collaboration with the Americans and the industry, research could be funded on an ad hoc basis. The criteria could be based on the importance and the need for research findings to enhance our scientific analyses, with a view to providing better advice to our resource management colleagues.