Mr. Chair, in the Skeena watershed, as the minister may know, DFO has long practised abundance-based management for sockeye salmon. They set minimum spawning escapements and they also set thresholds at which different fisheries are triggered. There is a growing call in the region for DFO to develop similar abundance-based management measures for other species, particularly for chinook salmon. The uncertainty created by climate change means that we need better in-season management tools.
Is the minister aware of calls for this kind of abundance-based management for other species, especially chinook, and does she support moving in this direction?