Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
My first question, I believe, might be best for Mr. Davis. Is Mr. Davis here?
I'm just making sure.
Just over a year ago, the B.C. Wildlife Federation called to attention the illegal sale of salmon, which they said was rampant in British Columbia. The executive director Jesse Zeman said they were “seeing reports of dumping involving thousands, possibly tens of thousands of fish, which is a symptom of illegal sales on a massive scale”. He went on to say that “The fish have spoiled suggesting that there are far more fish on the black market than there are buyers.”
My question for Mr. Davis is, what is DFO doing to protect wild Pacific salmon, a keystone species, from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing?