Fisheries committee  I thank you for the opportunity to reiterate and reinforce that. At the moment, the department has not issued an additional licence, so—

Fisheries committee  We're incredibly seized with making sure that we do the very best we can for conservation of the right whales. We think that the numbers we're seeing already do indicate a pretty significant shift: 75 is about one-sixth of the world's population of this species, unfortunately, so

Fisheries committee  Correct. That's one of the things we're working through. Actually, at the end of last year, I had the opportunity to go to a scientific conference that was in Canada for the first time ever. Many American and I would say international cetacean experts were there. They talked ab

Fisheries committee  We're working quite hard. I was going to pass this to Philippe Morel, who could tell you an awful lot about it, but in 10 seconds, absolutely, the program that we have two years' funding for is looking at making sure, honestly, that the environmental premise around operations is

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry; I'm not aware.

Fisheries committee  I will undertake to get you the information that we have.

Fisheries committee  I will check to get you the specific breakdown. I should tell you that we're looking at support to aquatic invasive species in British Columbia and are in very active discussions with Alberta, but we'll get you the breakdown. Kevin, do you have anything to add?

Fisheries committee  As you would know, all of the documentation is quite public. I don't have it with me at the moment, because it would be in another binder.

Fisheries committee  I was not aware.

Fisheries committee  I will turn to Philippe, who can give you more of that breakdown.

Fisheries committee  I may actually turn to Mario. He's our lead for fisheries and oceans in terms of the joint secretariat. I could take a stab at the ballpark figures. Of the $1.5 billion, we at Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard have absolutely the lion's share of that. I would sa

Fisheries committee  Jeff's jumping in. I must have said something wrong.

Fisheries committee  The minister is quite correct. What is interesting about the Nesta prize is that we were challenged with an opportunity for international expertise, so Canadians and citizens around the planet will have a chance to bid, so it's different. It's not the only research, but it really

Fisheries committee  I would say your concerns are quite valid and, unfortunately, not incredibly unique. The issue of dredging is interesting. As the climate changes and as tides change, we see those kinds of imperatives and we see the demand. As you noted, government has made a significant invest

Fisheries committee  Certainly IUU fishing is incredibly challenging at the international level. The current global governance through the NAO really moves the governance back to the home countries, so it is an ongoing challenge. The minister noted that we are going to the sustainable oceans confer