Fisheries committee  Yes, we could.

Fisheries committee  Marc, is that noted?

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. If it's okay, I'm going to turn to Marc, who can give some specifics on that really quickly.

Fisheries committee  We may tag team a little bit to unpack the question, if that's okay. The first part is a resource issue. I can't speak as much to the previous cuts and challenges from hatcheries being closed and the plans made. You'll notice that I focused on some of those 154 economically im

Fisheries committee  Species at risk and invasive species, generally, are a national focus and concern for us as well. We recognize where there are concerns across the country. It is something you may have seen on a resource question. We received funding for some invasive species work in the departme

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, I don't find it facetious at all. I'll try to give you as straight-up an answer as I can. I'll start in the short term. This year, we've gone from 71% to 79%—and I have to say very candidly—we welcomed the report the commissioner did. It gave us an opportunity to loo

Fisheries committee  Understood.

Fisheries committee  One of the things we're working on internally and have talked about is disaggregating that, getting more specific on it. So you're going to see more movement, not just our talking about a plan for our plans. We'll have more disaggregated information, and we would be happy to shar

Fisheries committee  I'd like to ask our deputy commissioner to speak about it, because he can talk about the connection between the plans and what is actually happening on the ground to make the difference.

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure what you were talking about with Kevin, so he can feel free to jump in. We did try to make sure that it was connected to science. The caveat we heard back from the scientific folks was that the moratorium was to ensure a bit of a break around that time when the fish

Fisheries committee  It is. Jean, you can jump in on this if you wish. However, one of the things we are seeing in a number of stocks is that there are blooms, or increases, and then they tail off. So just having open floodgates is not necessarily where we would go. The scientific advice was for

Fisheries committee  We can get you more detail if you like.

Fisheries committee  It's yes, with a caveat. I just want to say, though, that I read the committee's discussions with Commissioner Gelfand, and I think you asked her whether it was a matter of mismanagement or not enough money. I want to pause on that, because we are a massive, decentralized depa

Fisheries committee  Okay. I'd be delighted to—

Fisheries committee  We do not have a concern about a stock collapsing again.