Fisheries committee  I would say that there are many risks that they have not addressed. They're at risk of being seen to prioritize aquaculture over the protection of wild fish, and I've enumerated all those risks. I would say that's a conclusion you may come up with, but my audit stands on the fact

Fisheries committee  That recommendation has not been implemented. There's been no law that has been passed that mandates me to do that. I'm independent. I work in the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, and we're independent, and we pick our audits independently. However, there have been piece

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry, could you repeat the first part of your question?

Fisheries committee  As I said earlier, the department is doing quite a bit of research into a variety of issues related to disease and parasite transmission, the effects of drugs and pesticides, and genetic interactions, etc., so they are doing some work on that. Some of the things that are missing

Fisheries committee  They do have this strategic health initiative to look at the causes of diseases. I mentioned all the research that they are doing. Do you want to add a few things?

Fisheries committee  Most of our audit focused on the coast of B.C. because that's where the federal government has a role. Off the coast of Newfoundland is actually regulated by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, so our audit doesn't address that many issues that deal with Newfoundland and

Fisheries committee  Right. Therefore, because they're not regulated by DFO, the risks in Newfoundland are not as prominent in this audit as is the case in B.C. The other thing in B.C. is that we're taking Atlantic salmon and raising them in British Columbia where there are Pacific salmon, so the ri

Fisheries committee  Again, I can only audit the federal government's role in this, not necessarily the industry's role. It's possible there are new techniques being used by the industry, but that's not something I can audit. I can only say, "Here's what the government said. Here are all the regula

Fisheries committee  I don't think I can say that, but—

Fisheries committee  No. That's an industry practice rather than a federal government regulation.

Fisheries committee  They're not monitoring the health of wild fish, right? There's no requirement to minimize the development of resistance to disease and pesticides. There are no limits on the amount of pesticides and drugs that are used, so these are all potential risks to wild fish.

Fisheries committee  Definitely, they're not dealing with new and emerging diseases, so they have no way to deal with that, which is a concern, because they're in these big pens together, and they have no assessment practices to deal with that.

Fisheries committee  That's absolutely correct.

Fisheries committee  You'd have to ask the department why it's not dealing with new and emerging diseases.

Fisheries committee  Bring the department here.