That's duly noted. I appreciate the vertebrae example in terms of having backbone and resolve to this. Again, we've heard a lot of great testimony in terms of looking at.... I would just say that there is no one around this table who has ever said the word “cull”. I haven't heard it. No one has talked about it. Some witnesses have talked about it.
We're talking about how we create a harvest that is inclusive of first nations and that focuses on the need to open our markets and how to do that. There's a common willingness here. A lot of times in Ottawa when you turn on CPAC you see a lot of interesting theatrics on all sides, but we need to get this right. It's important not just to the species of fish. We've heard four species are in danger, probably more. We've talked about the inability of people who rely on this as a culture and livelihood and how they're being harassed. We need to turn that around.
I appreciate your efforts and your resolve and your backbone. You talk about backbone in terms of the greater we, but I appreciate your backbone because the way we're going to move forward is not just through government. It's going to be establishing coalitions of industry, fishing unions, academics, other levels of government, first nations governments, and so forth and so on. I really appreciate your opening remarks, but I also appreciate your talking about the fact that we need to acknowledge traditional knowledge.