I fully agree with the need to coordinate our programs with those of the United States. That's why I recently met with my U.S. counterpart to ask him to work closely with my department to align our approaches to our shared fishing grounds. He was in full agreement.
This is a new administration, compared to that of the previous president. This is a pretty conservative administration when it comes to fisheries, and it's going to apply a precautionary principle, as we do in the department. I'm looking forward to the work we're going to do together to avoid this type of problem, where American fishers are fishing a species that is under a ban on our side.