Thank you, Madam Chair.
What I find very troubling is that harvesters are raising very clear, well-documented, substantiated concerns, but they're not getting any kind of commitment or response. They offer solutions and lay out problems. Answers are provided, but there's no commitment from the government on solutions to prevent what happened this year from happening again next year. People need answers. Crab harvesters in New Brunswick, Gaspé and throughout the gulf need measures that will provide certainty. You can't have all these unknowns from one year to the next. There are already too many unknowns.
Mr. Vigneault, I'd like to talk to you about the scientific reports and recommendations sent to the department. I imagine these reports come with recommendations, not just observations.
Do fishers get this information and these reports too? At what point in the process are harvesters included in the conversation?