Mr. Speaker, there are a number of vessels in the contested area. It is clear to anybody who looks at it objectively that if there is one interest, if there are some people who have an interest in not having an effective conservation regime and an effective enforcement regime, as the Prime Minister has set out as the priority of the Government of Canada, it is perhaps some of the skippers, some of the captains and some of the owners of those vessels.
Any agreement approved by the Government of Canada subject to the mandate set out by the Prime Minister personally is an agreement that would see the future of the turbot species and all other groundfish species and straddling stocks maintained not only for Canada, because this is not just about Canada, but for all mankind.