Madam Chair, in speaking with the sport fishers in B.C. as well as with environmental organizations, I agree how the MSF can offer potential benefits for fisheries, and I tend to agree with them. However, it is incumbent on me, as the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, to balance this with the full understanding of the issue and the potential resource requirements needed to mitigate all of the challenges and concerns.
We need to make sure that we are protecting the wild Pacific salmon, but we know that there can be a path forward with regard to a mark selective fishery and we are working diligently to try to find that path forward.