Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the witnesses for being here. Time is short.
Mr. Urbina, in August 2020 a colleague and I wrote to Canada's federal fisheries minister to express our concerns on news reports of 260 vessels from the People's Republic of China's distant-water fishing fleet pillaging fish populations in international waters beyond Ecuador's exclusive economic zone, in a significant fishing migration route between the Galapagos Islands and the Ecuadorian coast. When we received a response from the minister, she mentioned international agreements and discussions but nothing about the actions being taken by Canada or partners to confront China in response to conduct in their distant-water fishing fleet in the Galapagos.
Mr. Urbina, are you aware of any governments or transitional organizations confronting China in response to their pillaging of the Galapagos fisheries in summer 2020?