Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I was saying earlier, as part of our scientific committee work, we regularly have discussions with various industry representatives, including people from the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union, the FFAW. Mr. Williams mentioned that at the outset.
From the scientific point of view, everything indicates that there really is a very serious mackerel stocks problem. In the critical zone, our temporal egg surveys are very low. There has also been a modification in the age structure, indicating overfishing. This modification is associated with periods of large landings.
We also work with our colleagues in the United States, who are also evaluating stocks. Our evaluations of stock trends match.
However, as I mentioned earlier, we want to continue with scientific work in collaboration with various industry associations and to take their observations and their work into consideration to improve our own sampling, as well as provide the best possible advice for departmental decision-making.