Thank you for the question.
Yes, in fact, the department has conducted testing in Howe Sound to look at the possibility of future opportunities for a mark-selective fishery. The results are encouraging, as the member mentioned. A significant proportion of the catch were the targeted species, the marked chinook salmon—around 30% to 40%. There are a limited number of stocks that we aim to protect, so that's all encouraging. However, we cannot just extrapolate. We have to continue to analyze. In this case in particular, these data are all from our own science work. We also need to do the correlation with the data that's collected from the creel survey and to do the extrapolation of those numbers during a full recreational harvest under a mark-selective scenario.
The Government of Canada announced the future expansion of a mark-selective fishery in the Pacific region. That would certainly be a candidate, with the signs that have been collected and the analysis ongoing on the creel survey extrapolation. We'll be able to provide advice on that.