Fisheries committee  Well, what we're doing is the science and we're actually—

Fisheries committee  On the west coast?

Fisheries committee  —bringing everyone together in order to understand what the best way forward is to look at a specific problem.

Fisheries committee  We need to understand whether that's really the case, and what would happen if we were to take measures and how significant that would be compared to the other things that affect southern resident killer—

Fisheries committee  Specifically on the Miramichi River, Jen, do you know?

Fisheries committee  The two programs do differ, as you imply. The B.C. salmon is a restoration fund. It's aimed at restoring fish habitat, habitat for salmonids. It doesn't have the same streams that the Atlantic fisheries fund or the Quebec fisheries fund has in supporting industry.

Fisheries committee  Are you referring to the Atlantic fund or the B.C. fund?

Fisheries committee  That's productivity of the fisheries.

Fisheries committee  Productivity is a technical term. It describes how many new salmon arrive.

Fisheries committee  There is a lot we don't know about southern resident killer whales and why their populations fluctuate. We do know that prey and the availability of quality prey are really important, but things like physical and acoustic disturbance, environmental contaminants and climate change, for instance, are affecting not just the killer whales themselves, but also the prey that they feed on.

Fisheries committee  I'm not in a position to comment on any discussions like those.

Fisheries committee  We're well aware of the needs of habitat restoration. Certainly the Government of New Brunswick is interested in this, as are we. Whether we can do it under this particular program is another question.

Fisheries committee  For a small craft harbour divestiture, it's very much a case-by-case thing. It's not that we tell people they have to divest a harbour. We only do it when we think that the capacity is there and there's actually a desire from folks to do it.

Fisheries committee  Our conservation and protection branch is very engaged in understanding the extent to which there is illegal or unreported fishing. They have many investigations under way. I can't comment on specific ones, obviously, but it's something we take very seriously. We need to understand what the total catch is that's being taken out of a given river system.

Fisheries committee  Obviously the advice and recommendations we give to the minister are confidential, but what I can say is that we did a lot of consultations before this decision was made. As you know, we have a whole process set up to do that. Nevertheless, there are significant impacts, particularly on the commercial sector, which you talked about.