Thank you for this question.
Last fall, we issued a call for proposals. Twenty-five projects were proposed with the goal of increasing scientific input to study the role of seals in the ecosystem. We're finalizing approval of these projects and we will announce them soon.
We're also conducting a new project this year that will quantify the impact of grey seals in various Atlantic fisheries management areas. Using the ecosystem approach that Ms. Buie was talking about, we're looking to better understand pinniped predation's impact on cod on the Scotian Shelf.