Madam Chair, with respect to the North Atlantic right whale, we have taken measures to make sure we protect this iconic species. I would like to say this was done in collaboration and co-operation with harvesters, environmental stakeholder groups and communities. Making sure we protect this species was important to all of us. We put some pretty stringent measures in place this year and I am happy to say there were no entanglements of right whales in Atlantic Canada. That was extremely beneficial. We know it has been a challenge for a number of our coastal fishermen, but this is something we have developed in collaboration with them. We are going to continue to work with them this year to see what happens and how we can best move forward addressing their concerns.
Making sure we are addressing the concerns around ghost gear is another big initiative we have put in place. There is far too much ghost gear in the ocean. We have put funding in place to collect that gear. We are working with our fishers to make sure that gear is retrieved so there will be no further entanglements. We are going to continue to work to make sure we protect the North Atlantic right whale.