Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Miramichi for taking an interest in the subject.
I had the opportunity to visit the International Boston Seafood Show which, by the way, was started by Canadian companies and is now world renown.
At the International Boston Seafood Show I had the opportunity to announce our export figures. We have broken all records for our fish and seafood products which are at $3.7 billion, a $500 million increase over last year.