I'm saying that because ,as important as it is to hear from officials, the chair of the Arctic Council will be our minister, and I would hope that we'd hear from our minister.
We were also hoping to hear from some of our allies, partners, some of the countries you mentioned earlier in your report. Sadly, we're not going to hear from them formally at this table.
Let me touch on a couple of things you mentioned. When it comes to the fishery, there is a lot of change happening. You mentioned climate change as being one of the variables. I would say that probably, if you're looking at it from an analytical point of view, it's one of the most important variables in terms of the change. We heard from Iceland, in fact, when they had a delegation here on a separate meeting, with regard to the new fisheries that emerged there that they had not anticipated.
We see, because of the changes in ice, that what we normally would have configured in terms of responsibility will be changing. There are many different projections on that. In other words, what is ice right now will be free-flowing water. This will change, of course, the oversight in terms of fishery management.
You also mentioned, along with climate change, the acidification of the ocean and the need for research. Are we in conversation with, and are we working with, our partners on this issue? As you know, water flows, and this is something that is affecting other countries.
We're seized with the issues around the Arctic as it relates to foreign affairs and to the multilateral engagement we have with our partners. Can you tell me if we are engaged with our partners on joint research on acidification? If so, whom, and to what degree?