Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I thought the member's comments were very insightful, especially when he was talking about this being an enormous and complicated undertaking. When we think about the country of Canada, with two and a half times the length of coastline of any other country in the world

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, we could find that number out for the member of Parliament.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I assume it is a lot.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, having brought together experts in the seal science task force report, we now have a report that allows us to consider eight different recommendations. We have already announced we are acting on two of them. I look forward to exploring it further.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, stocks can recover if we are managing them carefully and with conservation in mind. At the same time, we will be exploring the intersection between seals and the fish that they eat.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, that is not a statistic that I have heard before, so I would believe it depending on the source of the statistic.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, yes, I am familiar with Bill C-251.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, Bill C-251 poses some challenges. It calls on actions that the government would have to take. It would cost $30 million—

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, my understanding is the answer is yes, and redfish are predators of the shrimp.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, that would not have been the reason to stop fishing the shrimp. We were setting an allocation that would protect the shrimp.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, there is an enormous range of who is consulted because in every stock in every area there are consultations. However, I am happy to provide lists if the member requests that.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, discussions are a collaborative process. Harvesters are part of that as well and DFO considers all of the inputs of knowledgeable people who are part of the advisory groups.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, there is a value to the information that comes from fishers. There is a value to the perspective that comes from people who have the environment as their priority, also.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, science is a method and people who appropriately apply that method to gather and analyze data and check it through peer review do science. What can I say? Some—

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, my goal is to grow the fish and seafood sector. To do that, we need to have abundance in the stocks. Therefore, the conservation steps that we take are for—