Fisheries committee  I think the membership is paid in pounds, and I think it's around £140,000 annually.

Fisheries committee  There is currently no commercial fishery, but if the stock were to come back, there probably would be a commercial fishery. NASCO is putting a lot of energy into understanding and promoting the science to understand what happens to salmon at sea. There is a major project to research what happens to salmon when they go to sea and a number of them don't come back.

Fisheries committee  You said the United States?

Fisheries committee  They do a much smaller proportion.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for your question. I think, if I'm not mistaken, that in these other countries—Norway, Scotland, and Chile—they have aquaculture acts. Norway and Scotland certainly do, I'm pretty sure, but they also have different jurisdictions involved in the management of aquaculture.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. As you said, Mr. Chairman, I'm Guy Beaupré, and I'm the director general of aquaculture management in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. It is a pleasure for us to appear before the committee today. I will make my presentation in English, but do not hesitate to ask questions in French if you like.

Fisheries committee  With me are Mr. James Smith, director of certification and sustainability policy in my group, the aquaculture management directorate. Mr. Alistair Struthers is acting director for aquaculture policy, also in my group. Alistair is replacing Monsieur Eric Gilbert, who unfortunately could not appear today.