Fisheries committee  With the lamprey, I'm not sure if there is still an expectation that we're going to eradicate. Probably not, actually, so I think it's a case of ongoing maintenance in that regard, but maybe David or Michelle could elaborate.

Fisheries committee  There are several questions there. With regard to the round goby, it is a complicated tale, let's just say. It's a fairly small fish, four to eight inches long, and it is food, obviously, for any of the piscivorous fish in the lakes that would encounter and feed on fish that sma

Fisheries committee  These are species that collectively feed at the bottom of the trophic chain. They're feeding on plant material and small biota in the water, so they're going to be very aggressive in the way they compete for those food items. They obviously will have, then, a corresponding impact

Fisheries committee  We've talked a lot about sea lamprey, and I think that is an example. It's a very high-profile one. Obviously, we're not able to prevent it from getting established in the Great Lakes. But it being here...I think the program we've been describing, with the investment we have in r

Fisheries committee  In this case, Transport Canada is the manager. We provide advice, and my understanding is it has.... Part of its regulatory program is a monitoring and surveillance system that verifies that ships have done the ballast water exchange they are required to do, depending on where th

Fisheries committee  I'll take on the first one, and then maybe we'll have a joint answer on the second question, if you don't mind. We talked a bit about prevention. There are really three layers to this, or three elements. Risk assessment is the first one. Sorry, I should say that understanding is

Fisheries committee  I'm generalizing, but they probably could. I know of other instances, though, where a species has become established in a localized area and can exist for quite some time but then go through a period of breakout once the animal gets fully adapted to its new ecosystem. This is t

Fisheries committee  Not at the present time, no. That may to some extent be the difference in this case between something that's more on the non-endemic side, as opposed to invasive, with a lot of ecological and economic consequences that are negative. I should clarify something that maybe you hear

Fisheries committee  It's not endemic.

Fisheries committee  Yes, the 182 are non-native species or non-endemic species. But they're not all problem cases.

Fisheries committee  They are under way now. They are on the socio-economic consequences of Asian carp were it to become established in the Great Lakes system.

Fisheries committee  It's scheduled to be completed in the fall, and both we and our American partners are doing some work in this area. It's our work that will be completed in the fall. I'm not sure what the schedule is for the American side. It's the companion piece to the ecological risk assessmen

Fisheries committee  I would expect that they would be of interest.

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't comment on your process.

Fisheries committee  We'll keep you as apprised as we can as to what our deadline is on the socio-economic component of the study.