Fisheries committee  Marine protected areas, we clearly indicate in our audit, did not significantly contribute to the protection of marine mammals. We clearly indicate that not all marine protected areas are established for the protection of marine mammals. There are all kinds of reasons. In some ca

Fisheries committee  The audit did not look specifically at that issue. We were looking at species at risk and we were looking at marine protected areas. We were looking at shipping. In the case of the scarcity of Chinook salmon, the southern resident killer whale is one of the biggest issues identif

Fisheries committee  It would include any kind of—

Fisheries committee  This is why we indicated that many of the measures were reactive and late. In the section on our audit concerning the species at risk, you'll see many cases in which recovery plans were late, action plans were late. Really, why they're all late is something you need to ask the

Fisheries committee  You'd have to ask them.

Fisheries committee  I can't make make a comment on that. What I can tell you is the marine mammal regulations are partly aimed at whale watching operations and they've set distances for those boats with regard to marine mammals.

Fisheries committee  I audit the federal government.

Fisheries committee  Please don't do that. I could not audit those regulations, because they were not in place. They were proposed in 2012 and they were implemented in 2018. I have not had time to audit them.

Fisheries committee  Paragraph 2.8 of our audit clearly indicates what we focused on. We focused on whether the federal government had adequately protected marine mammals in waters under the jurisdiction of Canada from threats posed by marine vessels and commercial fishing. We did not include the har

Fisheries committee  We found that on the west coast it's Fisheries and Oceans Canada that responds to the calls directly. On the east coast, it's a network of third party responders, NGOs and individuals that respond. There are not very many people who are trained within DFO to do this. We found th

Fisheries committee  Do we know that?

Fisheries committee  I would say, generally, Canadians respond sometimes. These things wash up on the shore—

Fisheries committee  It's DFO.

Fisheries committee  We identified shipping and—

Fisheries committee  It's definitely a serious issue. For Canada to maintain access to the U.S. market for a variety of fisheries, Canada has to meet certain requirements that the U.S.—