Mr. Chair, when we decide and undertake to establish a marine protected area, tremendous effort is put into the design of that area, including understanding what the conservation objectives are that we are seeking to actually achieve. Based on those conservation objectives, all the human activities that are occurring within that area are put through a risk assessment to understand if the activities that are currently taking place in that area will pose a conservation risk. In the examples that are being raised, if those types of fishing gear have been deemed to pose a risk to that conservation objective, then the conservation measures are tailored to only limit the activities that pose the risk to the conservation objectives.
