No. The questions are for you, Minister. Thank you.
This is in regard to the 2025 sockeye limitations. After 40 years of dedicated service to Pacific salmon fisheries management, Mike Griswold resigned from the Pacific Salmon Commission's Fraser panel in August because he could “no longer support the Canadian government's [mismanagement of] Fraser River sockeye”. Griswold stated his belief “that the decision-making control of the panel [is being taken away] by a less representative, inadequately equipped group [and] that the directional control of this group has led directly to DFO neglecting one of its key mandates: controlling and managing sockeye spawning escapements.”
Minister, you stated that you are responsible for managing Canada's fisheries resources. Why is Pacific salmon management so failed that trusted veteran experts are resigning in protest?