Thank you, Mr. Dakins. It's helpful information. I'm just trying to make sure that at the end of this we have the most sound recommendations possible for us to be able to put forward to the government, for us to move forward with, because I think one of the biggest challenges we have, which is coming up over and over again, is the gaps in data and information. I'm wanting to make sure that the information that we're receiving is clear in time for the recommendations coming forward.
I'm playing a bit of devil's advocate here. In the information that's coming my way, another thing that's coming up is around the fact that, if we look at an ecosystem-based approach, when we're looking at pinniped harvesting—I agree with so much of what's being said, to be clear—there's the importance of our looking at not only what pinnipeds are eating but the part that pinnipeds play when looking at it more holistically.
Perhaps this could be a question to our witnesses from the Arctic Research Foundation.
I know you work closely with Inuit and so on. Do you have any thoughts around the importance of a sustainable ecosystem-based approach in the decisions that we make on how to best move forward?